[RMI No, KARBIL/2001/47147 woes Berens aeied Daas ad doridach, daeabaed, wagead® 20, 20n2 (sesers 6, BS Sac OFF) Bengaluru, Monday, October 20, 2017 (kartika 8, Shaka Varsha 1939)__| ‘URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARIAT NOTIFICATION-IT No. UDD 14 TTP 2017 (P-4), Bengaluru, Dated: 28/10/2017 Whereas, the draft of the Katha el Building Bye-Laws, 2017 was published as regued by subseclon (HOF 905 OP the Kemataka, Munpaliies Act. 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964) in Notification No. UDD 14 TTP 2017 (P-3), dated: 11.07.2017 in Part- IVA of the Karnataka extra-ordinary Gazette, No. 687, dated 507.2017 inviting objections and suggestions from all the persons likely to be affected thereby within one month from the date of its publication in the official Gazette ‘And whereas, the said Gazette was made available to the public on 15.07.2017, And whereas, objections and suggestions have been received in this behalf and considered by the State Government. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 325 of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964) the Government of Karnataka hereby makes the following building bye-laws namely:- a 2) 3) 4 MODEL BUILDING BYE-LAWS CHAPTER-1 Title, commencement and application- (1) These bye laws may be called as the Karnataka Municipalities: MSA Eat 2017. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the official Gazette. (3) All mandatory Master Plan or Zonal Regulations regarding use, land use, coverage, FAR setback or open space, height, number of stories, number of dwelling units, parking standards etc. for various categories of buildings including modification therein made from time to time shall be applicable mutatis mutandis in these Bye-Laws under this clause. All amendments or modifications made in the aforesaid regulations shall automatically stand deemed to have been included as part of these Bye-laws. CHAPTER-2 Definitions,- (a) In these Bye-laws unless the context otherwise requires, ‘Access’ - means a clear approach to a plot or a building ‘Act’. means the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 22 of 1964) ‘addition and/or Alteration’. means a structural change including an addition to the area or change in height or the removal of part of building, or any change to the structure, such as the construction or removal or cutting of any wall or part of a wall, partition, column, beam, joist, floor including a mezzanine floor or other support, or a change to or closing of any required means of access ingress or egress or a change to fixtures or equipment as provided in these Bye laws. ‘Agriculture’ includes horticulture, farming, growing of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass, fodder, trees of any kind or any kind of cultivation of soil, breeding and Keeping of6) (6) a 6) (9) (10) ay (a2) (a3) aa (as) (a6) a7 (as) (a9) (20) 2 ‘Types of Buildit (a) ) ) a 2 livestock including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, fish, poultry and bees, the use of land which is ancillary to the farming of land or any purpose aforesaid but shall not include the use of any land attached to a building for the purpose of garden to be used along with such building; and ‘agriculture’ shall be construed accordingly. ‘Air-conditioning’- The process of treating air so as to control simultaneously its temperature, humidity, purity, distribution and air movement and pressure to meet the requirements of the conditioned space. ‘Amalgamation’ means clubbing of two or more properties as a single property. ‘Amenity’ includes roads, street, open spaces, parks, recreational grounds, play grounds, gardens, water supply, electric supply, street lighting, sewerage, drainage, public works and other utilities, services and conveniences. ‘Annexure’ means the Annexure appended to these bye-laws; ‘Apartment! means suite of rooms, which are occupied or which is intended or designed to be occupied by one family for living purpose in an Apartment building. This word is synonymous with residential flat ‘Apartment Building/Group Housing’ means one or more buildings, each containing more than four Apartments. ‘Appendix’ means Appendix appended to these bye-laws. ‘application’ means an application made in such form as may be prescribed by the Authority or as notified by the Government from time to time ‘Applicant’ means any person who applies to the Authority with an intention to develop building as per these bye-laws. The Applicant shall be the owner of the property or his authorised representative or a promoter authorised by the owner. ‘Approved’ means as approved/sanctioned by the Authority under applicable Bye-Laws ‘Architect’ means a person holding a graduate degree in Bachelor of Architecture from any institute recognized by the Council of Architecture (COA) and has his/her name entered in the register of COA for the time being, with a valid COA Registration number ‘Auditorium’ means Premises having an enclosed space to seat audience and stage for various performances such as concerts, plays, music etc. ‘authority’. means the Local Authority which has been created by a statute and which, for the purpose of administering / undertaking the various functions specified in these Byelaws, may authorize a committee or the CEO or any other designated officer of Local Body to act on its behalf; hereinafter called the ‘Authority’ ‘Balcony’ means a horizontal projection with a handrail or balustrade, to serve as passage or sit out place. ‘Basement storey or cellar’ means any storey, which is partly / wholly below the average ground level contiguous to the building, with one or more than one level. The basement height should not project more than 1.2m above the average ground level ‘Bifurcation of plot’ means division of a plot into two. ‘Building’- means a Building defined in clause (3) of section 2 of the Act. based on use of premises or activity: ‘Residential Building” includes a building in which sleeping and living accommodation is provided for normal residential purposes, with cooking facilities and includes one or more family dwellings, apartments/flats, and private garages of such buildings; ‘Educational Building’- Includes a building exclusively used for a’ school or college, recognized by the appropriate Board or University, or any other Competent Authority involving assembly for instruction, education or recreation incidental to educational use, and including a building for such other uses as research institution. It shall also include quarters for essential staff required to reside in the premises, and building used as a hostel captive to an educational institution whether situated in its campus or outside; ‘institutional Building’. Includes a building constructed by Government, Semi Government Organizations or Registered Trusts and used for medical or other treatment, or for an auditorium or complex for cultural and allied activities or for an hospice, care of persons suffering from physical or mental illness, handicap, disease or infirmity, care of orphans, abandoned women, children and infants, convalescents, destitute or aged persons and for penal or correctional detention with restricted liberty of the inmates ordinarily providing sleeping accommodation and includes Dharamshalas, hospitals, sanatoria, custodial and penal institutions such as jails, prisons, mental hospitals, houses of correction, detention and reformatories ete: ‘Assembly Building’- means a building or part thereof, where groups of people (not <50) congregate or gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel and similar purposes and this includes buildings of drama and cinemas theatres, drive-inCc) (hy “ @ CS) (a) (b) te) (a) (b) rc (a ) fa) (b) (i) (i) (iy tw) ) (a) t. 3 theatres, assembly halls, city halls, town halls, auditoria, exhibition halls, museums, kalyana’ mantapas, ‘mangal karyalavas’, skating rinks, gymnasia, restaurants, cating or boarding houses, places of worship, dance halls, clubs, gymkhanas and road, railways, air sea or other public transportation stations and recreation piers ‘Business Building’- Includes any building or part thereof used principally for transaction of business and/or Keeping of accounts and records including offices, banks, professional establishments, court houses etc., if their principal function is transaction of business and/or keeping of books and records; ‘Commercial/Mercantile Building’. Includes @ building or part thereof used as shops, stores.or markets for display and sale of wholesale-and or retail. goods or merchandise, including office, storage and service facilities incidental thereto and located in the same building; “industrial Building’- Includes a building or part thereof wherein products or material are fabricated, assembled or processed, such as assembly plants, laboratories, power plants, refineries, gas plants, mills, dairies and factories etc.; ‘Storage Building’- means a building or part thereof used primarily for storage or shelter of goods, wares, merchandise and includes a building used as a warehouse, cold storage, freight depot, transit shed, store house, public garage, hanger, truck terminal, grain elevator, barn and stables; ‘Hazardous Building’ Includes a building or part thereof used for (i Storage, handling, manufacture of processing of radioactive substances or highly combustible or explosive materials or of products which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity and /or producing poisonous fumes or explosive emanations: and (i Storage, handling, manufacture or processing of which involves highly corrosive, toxic or noxious alkalis, acids, or other liquids, gases or chemicals producing flame, fumes and explosive mixtures etc. or which result in division of matter into fine particles capable of spontaneous ignition. ‘Mixed Land Use Building’. means a building partly used for non-residential activities and partly for residential purpose. ‘Wholesale Establishment’. means an establishment wholly or partly engaged in wholesale trade and manufacture, wholesale outlets, including related. storage facilities, warehouses and establishments engaged in truck transport, including truck transport booking agencies ‘Types of building based on design: ‘Detached Building’ means a building with walls and roofs independent of any other building and with open spaces on all sides within the same plot; ‘Semi-detached Building’- mcans two buildings, together having not more than 4 dwelling units with a maximum of G+1 floor, attached to each other with a common wall and each building having setbacks only on three sides; and ‘Row Housing’ - means two or more dwelling units with a maximum of G+ floor, in a row attached to each other, where the intermediate dwelling units have only front and rear setbacks and the dwelling Units on the extreme ends have setbacks on three sides. Types of building based on height: B1- means residential buildings of G*1 floors upto 4 dwelling units; 'B2- means all buildings upto G+2 floors other than B1 buildings and Industrial buildings: 1B3- means all low-rise buildings other than B1 and B2 buildings and Industrial buildings; B4- means all high-rise buildings (multi storey buildings) other than Industrial buildings: and B5- means all Industrial buildings Types of building based on other features: ‘Multi-Level Car parking’- means a building partly below ground level having two or more basements or above ground level with two or more floors, primarily to be used for parking of cars, scooters or any other type of light motorized vehicte ‘Unsafe Building’. Includes a building which: Is structurally unsafe, or Is insanitary, oF Is not provided with adequate means of ingress or egress or Constitutes a fire hazard or Is dangerous to human life or In relation to its existing use, constitutes a hazard to safety or health or public welfare by maintenance, dilapidation or abandonment.4 Note: All unsafe buildings structure will require be restoring by repairs, demolition or dealing with as directed by the Authority. The relevant provisions of the Act shall apply for procedure to be followed by the Authority in taking action against such buildings (22) (23) 2a) (25) (26) @ tii (ii) 27 (28) 29) (30) (a1) (32) (33) 34) (35) (36) (37) (38) ‘Building line’ means the line upto which the plinth of building may lawfully extend within the plot on a street or an extension of a street and includes the line prescribed, if any in the Master Plan or Town Planning scheme. No portion of the building may extend beyond this line, ‘Building Site’ means a plot held for building purposes, approved as per under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961. (herein after referred to as Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961). ‘Bus Depot’ means a premise used by public transport agency or any other agency for parking, maintenance and repair of buses. These may include the workshop. ‘Bus Terminal’ means a premise used by public transport agency to park the buses for short duration to serve the public. It may include the related facilities for passengers, ‘Canopy’- shall mean a cantilevered projection from the face of the wall over an entry to the building at the lintel or slab level provided that: It shall not project beyond the plot line. It shall not be lower than 2.3m or 7'- 6' when measured from the ground; and There shall be no structure on it and the top shall remain open to sky ‘Carpet Area’ means the net usable floor area of an apartment or commercial premises, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, exclusive balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace area, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the apartment/ commercial premises. The clear distance between the structure (RCC or Masonry wall) of the external walls shall be considered for calculating Carpet Area, without considering the thickness of wall plastering, skirting, wall cladding ete. ‘Chajja’ means a continuous sloping or horizontal cantilever projection provided over an opening or external wall to provide protection from sun and rain, ‘Chimney’ means a structure usually vertical containing a passage or flue by which the smoke, gas, ete. of a fire or furnace are carried off by means of which a draught is created, ‘Common Wall’ means a wall built on land belonging to adjoining owners, the wall beg the joint property of both owners fa) If two adjoining owners build a dividing wall on their property, they are not common walls and no part of the footings of either wall shall project on to the land of the adjoining owner, except by legal agreement between the owners; and (b) Any such ‘common’ or ‘dividing’ wall shall be considered for the purpose of these byelaws, as being equivalent to an external wall as far as the thickness and height are concerned. ‘Community Hall’ means congregational place to be developed by government or local bodies, trust, society, etc., having a maximum of 300m? carpet area of hall without separate kitchen and dining. No upper floor shall be permitted. ‘Construction’ means; Any erection of a structure or a building, including any addition or extension thereto either vertically or horizontally, but does not include any repair and Tenovation of an existing structure or building, or, construction, maintenance and cleansing of drains and drainage works and of public latrines, urinals and similar conveniences, or, the construction and maintenance of works meant for providing supply of water for public, or the construction or maintenance, extension, management for supply and distribution of lectricity to the public; or provision for similar facilities for publicity ‘Contractor’ means the agency executing the works of any of the components of the building or land, on behalf of the owner / Promoter, who is required to be registered under these Byelaws. ‘Conversion of Occupancy’- means the change from one occupancy to other occupancy or any change in building structure or part thereof resulting in a change of space and use requiring additional occupancy certificate ‘Corner Plot’ means a plot facing two or more intersecting streets / roads. ‘Corridor’ means a common passage or circulation space connecting separate rooms or different parts of the same building including a common entrance hall, ‘Cornice’ means a sloping or horizontal structural overhang usually provided over openings or external walls to provide protection from sun and rain. ‘Courtyard’ means a space permanently open to sky, enclosed fully or partially by buildings and maybe at ground level or any other level either in the interior or exterior of a building within the site.(39) (40) ay (42) (43) (44) (43) (46) a7) (43) (49) (50) (61) (52) (53) (54) (55) (56) (67) 5 ‘Cultural buildings’ means a building built by a Trust, Society, Government or Local body for cultural activities. "Damp Proof Course’. means a course consisting of some appropriate water proofing material provided to prevent penetration of dampness or moisture. ‘Density of Households’ means number of dwelling units per hectare “Density of Population’ means concentration of population expressed in terms of number of persons per hectare in a particular area. ‘Development’ with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, or over or under land or water, or the making of any material change in any building or land (including compound wall) or in the use of any building or land and includes sub-division of any land. ‘DR/T.D.R.’ ~ means Development Rights or Transfer of Development Rights available for plots as prescribed under Section 148 of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 and the Rules framed thereof. ‘Drains’ means natural valleys intended for flow of storm water /rain water ‘Drainage system’ ~ means a system or a line of pipes, with their fittings and accessories, such as manholes, inspection chambers, traps, gullies, floor traps used for drainage of building or yards appurtenant to the buildings within’ the same cartilage for conveying surface water or a system for the removal of any waste water. ‘Duplex’ means a divelling unit in two levels connected with an internal staircase. ‘Dwelling’. means a building or a portion thereof which is designed or used wholly or principally for residential purposes for one family. ‘Empanelled Professional’ means professionals such as Architects, Engineers, Structural consultants, MEP consultants, Environment consultants etc., who are empanelled by the Authority as per the provisions of these bye-laws as authorised persons to inspect the plots before, during, and after construction, as the case may be, to certify the constructions made as per the provisions of the approved plans and report to the Authority and also to sanction building plans of certain buildings as notified by the government, “Encroachment’- means an act to enter into the possession or rights either of permanent or temporary nature on a land or built up area of a private property or local body or state/central Government. ‘Existing development’ means all developments (including buildings) which existed before coming into force of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, and all approved developments thereafter (including building) and which are completed or under development at the time of commencement of these bye-laws. ‘Existing development’ means all developments (including buildings) which existed before coming into force of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, and all approved developments thereafter (including building) and which are completed or under development at the time of commencement of these bye-laws. ‘Existing Use’- means use of a building or structure existing before the commencement of these Bye-Laws. ‘Exit’ means a passage channel or means of egress from the building, its storey or floor toa street or, other open space of safety; whether horizontal, outside and vertical exits meaning, as under: = (i) Horizontal exit means an exit, which is a protected opening through or around afire well or bridge connecting two or more buildings; (i) Outside exit mean an exit from building to a public way to an open area leading to a public way or to an enclosed fire-resistant passage leading to a public way and (iil) Vertical exit means an exit used for ascending or descending between two or more levels including stairway, fire towers, ramps and fire escapes. "External Wall’ means the outer wall of the building not being a partition wall, even though an adjoining wall of another building and also a wall abutting on an interior open space of any building. External wall of an apartment or commercial premises means the outer wall of the apartment or commercial premises, even though an adjoining wall of another apartment or commercial premises “First floor’ means the floor immediately above the ground floor or stilt, on which second and other floors follow subsequently ‘Flatted factory’ ‘means premises having group of non-hazardous small industrial units which are permissible under the Zonal Regulations and these units may be located in multi- storied industrial buildings. ‘Floor’ means the lower surface in a storey on which one normally walks in a building(58) 69) (60) (61) (62) (63) (64) (63) (66) (67) (68) (69) (70) 7) (72) (73) (74) (75) (76) 6 ‘Floor Area’ means the area in each floor considered for calculating the FAR utilised in the building, ‘Floor Area Ratio (FAR)’ means the quotient of the ratio of the combined gross floor area of all the floors, excepting areas specifically, exempted under the Zonal Regulations, to the total area of the plot. Viz. ‘Total floor area of all the floors, Floor Area Ratio Plot Area “Fire and/or Emergency Alarm System’. means Fire alarm system comprises of components for manually or automatically detecting a fire, initiating an alarm of fire and initiating other actions as appropriate ‘Fire Hazard Industries’- (i) ‘Low Fire Hazard Industries’ includes engineering industries using/processing or assembling non-combustible materials i.e, lathe machines, steel works, steel components ete (i) Moderate Fire Hazard Industries’ includes industries using / processing combustible materials but not flammable liquid ete, plastic industries, rubber, and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) industries, textile, paper, furniture, flour mills ete (ii) High Fire Hazard Industries’ includes industries using/processing flammable liquids, gases, chemicals petroleum products, plastic or thermo setting group etc ‘Fire Lift’- Means a special lit designed for the use of fire service personnel in the event of fire or any other emergency ‘Fire Proof Door'- Means a door or shutter fitted to a wall opening, and constructed and erected with the requirement to check the transmission of heat and fire for a period. ‘Fire Pump’- Means a machine, driven by external power for transmitting energy to fluids by coupling the pump to a suitable engine or motor, which may have varying outputs/capacity but shall be capable of having a pressure of 3.2 kg/cm? at the topmost level of multi-storey or high-rise building ‘Fire Pump-Booster Fire Pump'- Means a mechanical/clectrical device that boots up the water pressure at the top level of a multi-storey / high-rise building and which is capable of ‘a pressure of 3.2 kg/cm? at the nearest point, ‘Fire Resistance'-means Fire resistance is a property of an element of building construction and is the measure of its ability to satisfy for a stated period some or all of the following. (a) resistance to collapse; {b) resistance to penetration of flame and hot gases; and (o) Resistance to temperature rise on the unexposed face up to a maximum of 180°C and/or average temperature of 150°C ‘Fire Resistance Rating- The time that a material or construction will withstand the standard fire exposure as determined by fire test done in accordance with the standard methods of fire tests of materials or structures. ‘Fire Separation’. Means the distance in metres measured from any other building on the site or from another site, or from the opposite side of a street or other public space to the buslding. Fire Brigade Inlet’- Means a connection provided at the base of a building for pumping up water through in-built fire-fighting arrangements by fire service pumps in accordance; with the recommendation of the Chief Fire Officer. Fire Tower’- Means an enclosed staircase that can only be approached from the various floors through landings or lobbies separated from both the floor area and the staircase by fire resistant doors and open to the outer air ‘Fire Resisting Building’- means a building in which material, which has, appropriate degree of fire resistance is used. ‘Footing means a foundation unit constructed in stone masonry or concrete under the base of a wall or column for the purpose of distributing the load over a larger area. ‘Form’ means a Form appended these bye-laws; ‘Foundation’ means that part of structure which is below the lowest floor and which provides support for the superstructure and which transmits the load of the superstructure to the bearing strata, ‘Frontage’ means the width of the site/land abutting the access/ public road. “Gallery” means an intermediate floor or platform projecting from a wall of an auditorium or ‘a hall providing extra floor area, and or additional seating accommodation and includes the structures provided for seating in stadia.7 (78) (79) (80) (81) (82) (83) (84) (85) (86) (87) (88) (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) (94) (98) (96) (97) 7 ‘Garage-Private’- means a building or a portion thereof designed and used for the parking of vehicle. ‘Garage-Public’ ~ means a building or portion thereof, designed other than as a private garage, operated for gain, designed and/or used for repairing, servicing, using, selling or storing or parking motor driven or other vehicles. ‘Gas Go down’ means premises where LPG cylinders are stored ‘Government’ means the Government of Karnataka. ‘Ground Floor’ means the Floor immediately above the level of the adjoining average ground level on all sides having approach directly from the road or above the basement floor. ‘Ground Coverage’ means area covered by the building immediately above the ground level contiguous to the building. Covered area does not include the space covered by ramps around the building, roof of basement floor beyond the plinth of the building projecting above the ground level, structures for services permitted in the setback area, garden, rocky area, well and well structures, plant, nursery, water pool, swimming pool (if uncovered) platform around a tree, tank, fountain, bench with open top and unenclosed sides by walls cut outs and ducts which are open to sky and the like drainage, culvert, conduit, catch-pit, gull chamber gutter and the like, within the site, compound or boundary wall, gate, unstoreyed porch and portico, Chaija, slide, swing, uncovered staircase, watchman booth, pump house and the like within the site. Ground Coverage in hilly areas shall be as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations. ‘Habitable Room’ means a room occupied or designed for occupancy by one or more persons for study, living, sleeping, Eating, cooking but does not include bathrooms water closet compartments, laundries serving and storage pantries, corridors, cellars, and spaces that are not used frequently or during extended periods. ‘Head room’ means the clear space between the finished floor level and ceiling/ beam bottom. Minimum headroom shall be 2.4m. ‘Heritage building’ means a building possessing architectural aesthetic, historic cultural values, which are declared as heritage building by the competent authority or government within whose jurisdiction such building is situated. ‘Heritage Precinct’ means an area comprising heritage building or buildings and precincts there of or related places which is declared as such by the competent authority or government within whose jurisdiction such building is situated, ‘High-rise Building’ means a building having height of 15 m and above. ‘Height of Building’ means the vertical distance measured from the average level of the ground around and contiguous to the building to the top of the roof in case of flat roofs and in the case of sloped roofs up to the point where the external surface of the outer wall intersects a finished surface of the sloping roof at the eave level In hilly areas, if the average level of the ground around and contiguous to the building is below the road level (road for which FAR is considered), then the height of the building shall be measured from such road level and not from the average ground level. The formed level made by filling of natural ground, if considered for the height of the building, shall not be more than 2.0m above the road level. ‘Hilly Area’ for these Byelaws means those Local Planning Areas notified as hilly area by the Government from time to time. ‘Hospital’: means a premise providing medical facilities of general or specialized nature for treatment of in-patient and out-patients. ‘Hotel’: means Premises used for lodging with payment, with or without boarding facilities. “Iluminated Exit Signs means a device for indicating the means of escape during normal circumstances and power failure. ‘Land use’ includes the purpose to which the site or part of the site or the building or part of the building is in use or permitted to be used by the Authority. Land use includes Zoning of land use as stipulated in the Master Plan and the Zonal Regulations. ‘Licence’ means a valid permission or authorization in writing by the Authority to carryout development of building or a work regulated by these Bye- Laws, ‘Licensed Professional” means Qualified professionals who have been registered with the Urban Local Body as per the Qualification and competence notified by the Government and therefore possess the license to provide professional services in Building construction. Only licensed professionals would be allowed to be professionals on record, ‘Lift’ means an appliance designed to transport persons or materials between two or more levels in a vertical or substantially vertical direction by means of a guided car platform. The word ‘elevator’ is also synonymously used for ‘lift’ ‘Lobby’- means a covered space in which all the adjoining rooms open.(98) (99) (100) (101 (102) (103) (104) (108) (106) (107) (108) (109) (110) iy (12) (113) (ua) (115) (116) (7 (118) (119 (120) 8 ‘Lodging House’ means a premise used for lodging on payment. This is synonymous to Hotel ‘Loft’ means a residual space above normal floor level which may be constructed or adopted for storage purposes. ‘Market value’ means the guideline value of the land notified under section 45B of the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 ‘Master Plan’ means Master Plan prepared for the local planning area and approved by the government under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 ‘Means of Escape’. means an escape route provided in a building for safe evacuation of occupants. ‘Mezzanine Floor’ means an intermediate floor between Ground floor and First floor only, with area of mezzanine floor restricted to one third of the area of that floor and with a minimum height of 2.20m. Mezzanine floor is permitted for non-residential uses only, Such Mezzanine floor shall be accessible only from the Ground floor. “Multilevel Car Parking (MLCP)’ means multilevel structure used for car parking connected to all floors by means of ramps / mechanical elevators. MLCP can be an independent structure or part of a building with other land uses. However, in the portion used for parking, no other land uses shall be permitted. ‘Multiplex complex’ means a building housing an entertainment and cultural centre including cinema theatres, restaurants, food courts and shops as defined in Karnataka Cinema Regulations Act 1964. The development of such buildings shall be governed as per the provisions of Karnataka Cinema Regulations Act 1964. ‘MCB/ELCB’ means Devices for tripping of electrical circuits in event of any fault in the circuit or installation. ‘Non-Combustible Material’ means a material which is not liable to burn or add heat to a fire when tested for combustibility in accordance with the latest code of Bureau of Indian ‘Standards Method of Test for combustibility of Building Materials. "Nursing home! means A premises having medical facility for in-patients and out patients, having up to 30 beds, it shall be managed by a doctor or a group of doctors, ‘Occupancy or use’-means the principal occupancy or use for which a building or a part of a ‘building is intended to be used. For the purposes of classification of a building according to occupancy, occupancy shall be deemed to include the subsidiary occupancies which are contingent upon it, ‘Mixed occupancy’ buildings being those in which more than one occupancy is present in different portions of the buildings. ‘Open space in a plot’ means an area forming an integral part of the plot, left open to sky. ‘Owner’ means a person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager ot receiver for another person or for any religious or charitable purpose, the rent or profit of the property in connection with which the word is used and in whose name the approval for development is issued ‘Parapet’ means a low wall or railing built along the edge of a roof or a balcony “Parking space’ means an area enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open sufficient in size to park vehicles together with a drive-way connecting the parking space with a public street or any public area and permitting the ingress and egress of the vehicles. “Partition’ means an interior non-load bearing barrier, one storey or part-storey in height. “Partition Wall’ includes (i)A wall forming part of a building and being used or constructed to be used in any part of the height or length of such wall for separation of adjoining buildings belonging to different owners or constructed or adopted to be occupied by different persons; or (ii) A wall forming part of a building and standing in any part of the length of such wall, to a greater extent than the projection of the footing on one side or ground of different owners. ‘Plinth’ means the portion of a structure between the surface of the surrounding ground and surface of the floor immediately above the ground, ‘Plinth Area’ means the built up covered area measured at the floor level of the basement or of any storey including balconies but excluding ducts/ services and lift shaft (except in the Iowermost floor of lift shaft) and open cut-out areas. ‘Plinth Level’ means the level of the floor of a building immediately above the surrounding, ground, ‘Plot / Site’ means a parcel of land enclosed by definite boundaries having a means of ‘Porch or Portico’ means a roof cover supported on pillars or cantilevered projection for the purpose of pedestrian or vehicular approach to a building without any structure above.9 (121) ‘Premium F.A.R'. means the FAR over and above the permissible FAR allowed, on collection of additional fee as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations (122) ‘Premises’ means any portion of the building used for specific use other than the common areas of the building and includes dwelling units (123) ‘Professional on record’- means an Architect/Competent professional who is brought on record to represent his client for a construction project, to act on their behalf regarding building licenses and process of construction (Qualification, experience and competence as notified by the Government). He may be registered with the Authority for the cause (Registration procedure as under Appendix (124) ‘Prohibited area’ means any area specified or declared to be a prohibited area under section 20A of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act, 24 of 1958). (125) ‘Promoter’ means ~ () A person who constructs or causes to be constructed an independent building or a building consisting of Apartments, or converts an existing building or a part thereof into Apartments, for the purpose of selling all or some of the Apartments to other persons and includes his assignees; or (i) “A person who develops land into a project, whether or not the person also constructs structures on any of the plots, for the purpose of selling to other persons all or some of the plots in the said project, whether with or without structures thereon; or (ii) Any development Authority or any other Public body in respect of Allottees of - (a) Buildings or Apartments, as the case may be, constructed by such Authority or body on lands owned by them or placed at their disposal by the Government: or (b) plots owned by such Authority or body or placed at their disposal by the Government; for the purpose of selling all or some of the Apartments or plots, or fi) An Apex State level co-operative housing finance society and a primary co- operative housing society which constructs Apartments or buildings for its members or in respect of the Allottees of such Apartments or buildings; or {i) Any other persons who acts himself as a builder, coloniser, contractor, developer estate developer or by any other name or claims to be acting as the holder of a power of attorney from the owner of the land on which the building or apartment is constructed or plot is developed for sale; or (ii) such other person who constructs anv building or apartment for sale to the general public Explanation ~ (i) For the purpose of this clause, where the person who constructs or converts a butlding into apartments or develops a plot for saie and the persons who sells apartments or plots are different persons, both of them shall be deemed to be the promoters and shall be jointly liable as such for the Functions and responsibilities specified, under this Act or the rules and regulations made there under; ti) For the purpose of this clause, Apartment, whether called block, chamber, dwelling unit, flat, office, showroom, shop, go down, premises, suit, tenement, unit or by any other name, means a separate and self-contained part or an immovable property, including one or more rooms or enclosed spaces, located fon one or more floors or any part thereof, in a building or on a_plot of land, used or intended to be used for any residential or commercial use such as residence, offiee, shop, showroom or go down or for carrying on any business, occupation, profession or trade or for any other type of use anciliary to the purpose specified; ‘This is synonymous to Developer. (126) ‘Protected monument’ means an ancient monument which is declared to be of national importance by or under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act 24 of 1958) (127) ‘Public and semi-public building’ means a building used or intended to be used either ordinarily or oceasionally by the public such as offices of state or central government oF local authorities, law courts, jails, Police Station, a church, temple, chapel, mosque or any place of public worship, Educational, cultural and religious institutions, medical and health institutions, cultural institutions like theatres, opera houses etc., of a predominantly non- commercial nature (128) ‘Pump room’ means the room provided below ground level adjacent to the sump tank to house various types of pumps with selfpriming mechanism. However, the entrance shaft of the pump room of maximum 2mx2m may be permitted above the ground level. (129) "Reereational Club’ means a premise used for assembly of a group of persons for social and recreational purposes with all related facilities.10 (130) ‘Regulated area’ means any area specified or declared under section 20B under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Central Act 24 of 1958} (131) ‘Repair Shop’ means a premise similar to retail shop for carrying out repair of house hold goods, electronic gadgets, automobiles, cycles etc., (132) Restaurant’ means a premise used for serving food items on commercial basis including cooking facilities, with covered or open space or both having seating facilities (133) ‘Retail Shop’ means a premise for sale of commodities directly to the consumer with necessary storage. (134) ‘Retention Activity’ means an activity or use which is allowed to continue, notwithstanding its non-conforming nature in relation to the use permitted in the adjoining or surrounding (135) ‘Road/Street’ means as defined in clause (24) of the section 2 of the Act. (136) ‘Road/Street Level or Grade’ means the officially established clevation or grade of the centreline of street upon which a plot fronts, and if there is no officially established grade, the existing elevation or grade of street at its mid-point, at the centre of the plot (137) *Road/Street Line’ means the line defining the side limits of a road/street, where existing road width is considered and the road widening line where proposed road width is considered, (138)‘Road Width or Width of Road/Street’ means the right of way/distance between the ‘boundaries of the property on either side of the road including, carriageway, footways, service road at same level or at different level and storm water drains as laid down in the city survey or Master Plan or the prescribed road lines by any act of law and measured at right angles to the course or intended course of direction of such road. (139) ‘Room Height’ means the vertical distance measured from the finished floor surface to the finished ceiling surface. Where a finished ceiling is not provided, the underside of the joists cor beams or tie beams shall determine the upper point of measurement. (140)‘Service Apartments’ means fully furnished room or suite or rooms with kitchen, which is intended to be used on rental basis, (141) ‘Service Road’ means a road / lane provided adjacent to a plot for access or service purposes ‘as the case may be and shall be parallel to the main road and may or may not be at grade with the main road and shall be partly or fully falling within the proposed road width of the main road. (142) Setback’ means the distance prescribed under the Zonal Regulations of respective LPAS ‘between the plot boundary and the plinth of the building or the covered Cantilever projection, of the building in any floor. If cantilever projection of the building is proposed, the prescribed setback shall be provided between the plot boundary and such covered cantilever projection, (143) ‘Set-back Line’ means a line drawn at the setback distance, parallel to the plot boundaries or road widening line as prescribed in the Master Plan / Zonal Regulations, or as decided by the Authority (only road widening line), beyond which nothing can be constructed towards the plot boundaries except as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations. (144) ‘Site Plan’ means a detailed Plan showing the proposed placement of structures, parking ‘areas, open space, landscaping, and other development features, on the plot as required by specific sections of these Bye laws (145) Solar Assisted Water Heating System’ means a device to heat water using solar energy as heat source (146) ‘Spiral Stairease’ means a staircase forming continuous winding curve round a central point or axis provided in an open space having tread without risers. (147)‘Stairease room’ means a room accommodating the stair and for purpose of providing protection from weather and not used for human habitation. (148) ‘Stair Cover’ means a structure with a covering roof over a staircase and its landing built to enclose only the stairs for the purpose of providing protection from weather and not used for human habitation. (149) ‘Stilt floor’ means open parking area provided at ground level. The height of the stilt floor shall be a minimum of 2.4m and maximum of 2.7m height (floor to beam bottom or ceiling Whichever is less). The height shall be considered for calculating the total height of the building. In case of mechanical or multi-level parking the maximum height of the stilt floor shall be 3.75m. (150) ‘Storey’ means the space between the surface of one floor and the surface of the other floor vertically above or below. The minimum floor to floor height shall net be less than 2.9m. (151) ‘To Erect’- in relation to a building means: a) To erect a new building on any plot whether previously built upon or not;n b) To re-erect any building of which portions above the plinth level have been pulled down, burnt or dismantled (152) ‘TPO’ means an officer from the Department of Town and Country Planning deputed in the respective Authority. (153) ‘Unauthorised Development’- means the erection or re-erection, addition or alternations which is not approved or sanctioned by the Competent Authority (154) Underground /Overhead Tank’ means an installation constructed or placed for storage of water. (155) Utility Area’ means a covered area with at least one side open to the outside with the exception of 1m high parapet on the upper floors to be provided on the open side. (156) ‘Ventilation’- means Supply of outside air into, or the removal of inside air from an enclosed space. a) Natural Ventilation - means Supply of outside air into a building through window or other openings due to wind outside and convection effects arising from temperature ot vapour pressure differences (or both) between inside and outside of the building. (b) Positive Ventilation - means the supply of outside air by means of a mechanical device. such as a fan, (c} Mechanical Ventilation ~ means supply of outside air either by positive ventilation or by infiltration by reduction of pressure inside due to exhaust of air, or by a combination of positive ventilation and exhaust of air. (157) ‘Water Closet (W.C)’- means water flushed plumbing fixture designed to receive human excrement directly from the user of the fixture. The term is used sometimes to designate the room or compartment in which the fixture is placed. (158) *Window’- means an opening to the outside other than a door, which provides all or part of the required natural light or ventilation or both to an interior space and not used as a means of egress /ingress. (159) ‘Zonal Regulations’ means the regulations of the Master Plan governing land use and developments. (c} Words and expressions used in these bye-laws but not defined shall have the same meaning as defined in the Act. CHAPTER -3 3. __ JURISDICTION, APPLICABILITY AND PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OBTAINING BUILDING LICENCE 3.1 Jurisdiction of Building Bye Laws.- These Building Bye-Laws shall apply to the building activity in the State for all Municipalities in the State. 3.2Applicability of Building Bye Laws.- These building byclaws shall be applicable to all building activities undertaken by private or Government agencies and read in conjunction with the Master plan /Metropolitan development plan or any other statutory plan in force, if any, and notifications, if any, with regard to the same and as amended from time to time and these building bye-laws may be reviewed after five years. Till such time the reviewed building byelaws are notified, these building byelaws will continue to be in force. 3.3 Applicability of Bye-Laws for all types of building developments.- Except hereinafter or otherwise provided, these Bye-Laws shall apply to all development, redevelopment, erection and/or re-erection of a building whether temporary or permanent as well as to the design, construction of, or reconstruction and additions and alterations to a building 3.4 Applicability of Bye-Laws for Part construction.- Where the whole or part of a building is demolished or altered or reconstructed, except where otherwise specifically stipulated, these Building Bye-Laws shall apply only to the extent of the work involved. '3.5Change of use or occupancy.- Where use of a building is changed, except where otherwise specifically stipulated, these Building Bye-Laws shall apply to all parts of the building affected by the change. 3.6Requirement in respect of building sites ‘2.6.1 Damp Site,- Wherever the dampness of a site or the nature of the soil renders such precautions necessary, the ground surface of the site between the walls of any building erected thereon shall be rendered damp-proof to the satisfaction of the Authority 3.6.2 Minimum Size of Site.- The minimum size of sites for the construction of different types of building or different use groups shall be in accordance with provisions of the Zonal Regulations of the Master Plan. 3.6.3 Sanction for Building Sites.- The Building sites shall have sanction under Section 17 of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 from the Planning Authority, wherever Local Planning Area is declared and from the jurisdictional officer of the Department of Town and Country12 Planning wherever Local Planning Areas not declared, before sanction is accorded under these Bye- laws, 3.6.4 Restrictions on use of land for construction of buildings.- No piece of land shall be used as a site for the construction of buildings under the following circumstances (a) if the site is not drained properly or is incapable of being well drained; (b) if the Authority considers that the site is insanitary or it is dangerous to construct a building on it; (c) if the building is proposed on any area filled up with filthy and offensive matter without a certificate from the Health Officer and Municipal Engineer to the effect that it is fit to be built upon from health and sanitary point of view: (d) if the owner of the land has not shown to the satisfaction of the Authority that all the measures required to safeguard the construction from constantly getting damp are being taken; and (e) if it violates any provisions of Section 17 of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961_ or any provisions of Zonal Regulations Note: If the proposed use of the building on the plot does not conform to the land use proposals of the ‘Master plan or Zonal Regulations, permission from the Planning Authority for the change of land use hhas to be furnished. 3.7 Reconstruction.- Permission under these byelaws shall not be given for reconstruction in whole or part of a building which has ceased to operate due to fire, natural collapse or demolition having been declared unsafe, or which is likely to be demolished by or under an order of the Authority as the case may be and for which the necessary certificate has been given by the Authority. 3.BExisting approved building.- Nothing in these Bye-Laws shall require the removal, alteration or abandonment nor prevent continuance of the lawfully established use or occupancy of an existing approved building unless, in the opinion of the Authority such a building is unsafe or constitutes a hazard to the safety of adjacent property or to the occupants of the building itself. 3.9 Development of Buildings 3.9.1Building Licence.- No person shall erect, re-erect or make addition/ alterations in any building or cause the same to be done without, first obtaining a separate building license for each such building from the Authority 3.9,2Building Licence obtained before these bye-laws.- Where any building licence which has been issued by the Authority before the commencement of these Building Byelaws and where construction is in progress and has not been completed within the specified period from the date of such licence, the said permission shall be deemed to be sanctioned under these Bye-Laws and shall only be eligible for payment of validation extension fee there under. Accordingly, where the validity of sanction has expired and construction has not commenced, construction shall be governed by the provisions of these Building Byelaws and building licence has to be obtained as per these Building Byelaws: Provided that, if the building construction could not commence due to the orders of any competent court of law, the construction may be permitted to commence as per the licensed plan, within three months of clearance obtained from the court. 3.10 Procedure for obtaining building licence 3.10.1 Registration of Stake Holders .- The following Stake Holders involved in the development activities in the ULB shall register themselves with the Authority, as per the procedure prescribed in Appendix-I (a) Promoters/ Developers who intend to undertake developments within the jurisdiction of the Authority (b) Professionals for preparing plans and details for obtaining sanction from the Authority (as. detailed in Appendix-Il) and NOCs from different departments (as detailed in Appendix- IV), referred as professionals for drawings; (c) Professionals who intend to supervise the implementation of various components specified in the plans sanctioned by the Authority, referred as professionals for supervision; (@) Professionals who are empanelled by the Authority (as detailed in Appendix-I) to certify the constructions / implementations as per the provisions of the approved plans and also to sanction building plans as notified by the Government; and (e) Contractors or Agencies implementing major components of the developments. 3.10.2 Application for building plan approval Every person (Owner or his authorised representative, including Promoter / Developer) who intends to erect, re-erect or make alteration in any place in a building or demolish any building, shall apply in Form-I along with the required13 documents (as detailed in Appendix-VI) and payment of necessary fees (as detailed in Appendix-VII) along with all the drawings and details for obtaining building licence prepared by the professionals on record for drawings (as detailed in Appendix- I). The Applicant shall submit Common application containing details of Form-I andForm-II, if applicable, for obtaining the required NOCs, along with the drawings and details for obtaining NOCs from other departments as applicable (as detailed in Appendix-IV) and payment of necessary fees as detailed in Appendix-VI) 3.10.3 Verification of documents submitted.- The CEO of the Authority shall verify the documents submitted along with the application and if found in order, will accept the application. In case of any discrepancy, an endorsement shall be issued in Form-IIl to the applicant stating the discrepancy and the applicant may rectify the same and resubmit to the Authority, 3.10.4 Evaluation of Technical details submitted: (2) If the application is accepted after finding that the documents submitted along with the application are in order, the TPO of the Authority or the empanelled professional or the designated officer notified by the Government shall evaluate the Technical drawing and details submitted by the Applicant, for compliance with the provisions of the Master plan, ZR and Bye-laws and compliance of the conditions incorporated for obtaining NOCs from different departments and submit the evaluation report to the CEO of the Authority, with noting of discrepancy, if any. The CEO shall approve the evaluation report with or without accepting the noting of discrepancy. (2)_ In case the noting of discrepancy is accepted by the CEO an endorsement shall be issued in Form-IV to the applicant stating the discrepancy and the concerned professionals on record for drawings may rectify the same and resubmit to the Authority. 3.10.5 Forwarding details to obtain NOCs and issuing NOCs: (1) If the Technical drawing and details submitted are complying with the provisions of the Zonal Regulations (ZR) of the Master plan, and the requirements for obtaining NOCs from different departments, the CEO of the Authority shall forward the application, technical drawings and details submitted for NOCs to the concerned departments stating the timelines within which the NOCs have to be issued, (as detailed in Appendix-VIIN, failing which the NOCs would be deemed to have been issued. (2) All the respective departments shall verify the drawing and details submitted along with the application of the NOC and if found in order shall issue NOC within the timelines specified in Appendix-VIII, with or without site inspection, as required and forward the NOC to the Authority (3) In case of any discrepancy, the concerned department shall issue endorsement to the applicant stating the discrepancy and the concerned professionals on record for preparing the plans for NOC may rectify the same and resubmit to the concerned Department. 3.10.6 Submission of Site Inspection Report (1) If the Technical drawings and details submitted are accepted by the CEO, CEO of the Authority shall select the Empanelled professional (based on the qualification and competence notified by the Government and the procedure specified in Appendix-V) and inform the Empanelled professional in Form-V to inspect the site and submit Site Inspection Report for approval of site plan. (2) On receipt of intimation from the Authority, the selected Empanelled professional shall inspect the site and submit site inspection report (as detailed in Appendix-IX) in Form-VI to the Authority, with noting of discrepancy, if any. The CEO of the Authority shall approve the site inspection report. 3.10.7 Action in case of discrepancy in site inspection report... If the noting of discrepancy in the Site Inspection Report submitted by the Empanelled professional is accepted by the CEO, an endorsement in Ferm-VII to the applicant stating the discrepancy and the concerned professionals on record for drawings may rectify the same and resubmit to the Authority. The TPO of the Authority shall verify the resubmitted drawings and details for compliance of the noting of discrepancy accepted by the CEO and forward the same to the CEO and the CEO shall accept the same, 3.10.8 Sanctioning of Building Licence (1) On receipt of all the required NOCs from the concerned departments, or deemed NOCs issued by the Authority (in case NOCs are not issued by the concerned departments within the timelines specified in Appendix-VIM) and all the technical drawings and details accepted by the Authority and the Site Inspection Report being consistent with the details submitted by the applicant, the CEO of the Authority shall sanction the Building Licence within the timelines specified in Appendix-VIII.Pr (2) The Authority shall intimate the Applicant to pay the required fees (as specified in Appendix-VII for the various NOCs as well as the Building Licence. (3) The CEO of the Authority shall issue the various NOCs received from the concerned departments and sanction building licence after receiving the required fees from the Applicant. 3.11 Plans for Sanction (1) All Building plans submitted to the authority shall be prepared as per the Jurisdictional the Zonal Regulations of the Master Jurisdictional Master Plan Section 17 of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 , Building Bye-laws and the conditions of the various NOCs required for the building. 2) The drawings and details have to be submitted for the different types of buildings (B1, B2, B3, B4 and BS Buildings} as follows; 3.11.1 Key Plan (For all types of Buildings.- The key plan to be submitted along with the application shall be the related portion of the approved road map of the Authority on which the plot (on which Building sanction is applied for) is located (As detailed in Appendix-IIA). 3.11.2 Site Plan (For all types of Buildings): (As detailed in Appendix-IIB) 3.11.3 Floor Plan of parking areas (For all types of Buildings) (As detailed in Appendix-II C) 3.11.4 Floor Plan of other uses (For all types of Buildings) (As T per every shop floor per 500) | [and eye — wash | persons | |__| fountain | | NOTES: | 1. For factories requiring workers to be engaged in dirty’ and dangerous operations or | requiring them to being extremely clean and sanitized conditions additional and separate | lif required so) toilet facilities and if required by applicable Industrial and safety laws and | the Factories Act shall be provided in consultation with the user. | 2. Depending on the type of disability of a person and the hazard posed by the type of | activites in the factory for a person with disabilities, ifa person with disabilities is decided | to be engaged for a particular activity, the requirements of accessibility shall be guided by | the provisions given in 13 of Part 3 ‘Development Control Rules and General Building | Requirements’ of the Code J ‘Table 5.10 Sanitation Requirements for Cinema, Multiplex Cinema, Concert and Convention Halls, Theatres and Stadia (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 3] a. Visitors Workers: o,|_ rita Males Females Males Females a) @) @) (4) (5) (6) i) | Water closets | Iper100upto | Sper 100upto | 1 forupto1s | | forupto12 400 200 2for 16 to 35 | 2 for 13 to 25 Over 400 add at 1 | Over 200 add at 2 per | per 250 or part thereof | 100 or part thereof i] [Ablation tap | Tineach water | Tineach water | Tin each Tin each closet | closet water closet _| water closet T water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided Tor every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals ii) | Urinals T per 25 or part : Nil up to 6 : thereof | 1 for 7 to 20 2 for 21 to 45 iw) | Wash basing T per 200 or part thereo? Tfor upto 15 | 1 forup to 12 2 for 16 to 35 | 2 for 13 to 25 wy | Danking water + 1 per 100 persons or part thereol ————— fountain vi)_| Cleaner's sink |_<————— pe foe —————— bal Ree room +———_ Asper trade requirements ——————»> NOTES 1. Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired 2. Male population may be assumed a two ~ third and female population as one-third Table 5.11 Sanitation Requirements for Art Galleries, Libraries and Museums (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 4) Si. Pubiie Stal Notafueereee Males, Females Males: Females end 3 4 3 6 7 | Water Tper 200 upto | Tper100upto | Tor upto 15 | Tfor upto 12 closets | 400 over 400 add | 200 Over 200 add | 2 for 16 t0 35 | 2 for 13 to 25 | at per 250 or | at 1 per 150 or part part thereof thereof | Ablation] One in each water | One in each water | One in each | One in each tap | closet closet water closet__| water closet ‘ne water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals32 Public ‘Staif ares: Males Females Male: Females 2 3 4 5 6 ii) | Urinals T per 50, ~ Nilup to 6 e L per 7 to 20 2 per 21 t0 45 | Wash Tfor every 200 or | Iforevery 200 or | Iforupto 15 | 1 foruptoi2 | basins part thereof. For | part thereof. For | 2 for 16 to 35. | 2 for 13 to 25 | over 400, add at 1 | over 200, add at 1 per 250 persons or | per 150 persons or part thereof part thereof wy | Drinking | <———— T per 100 persons oF part thereof > water fountain rz vi)_| Cleaners | ————— 1 per floor (Minimumj————— sink vil) | Showers7 [«—————_ As per requirements = bathing 1 ‘Some WCs may be of Indian style, if desired Male population may be assumed as two-third and fem NOTES: 1, Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired. 2, Male population may be assumed as two-third and female populations as one-third. ‘Table 5.12 Sanitation Requirements for Hospitals with Indoor Patient Wards (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 5) a Public Staff No. peesores) ‘Males: Females Males Females 1 2 Be 4 5 6 i] | Toilet suit comprising | Private room with up to 4 | For individual doctor's / officers one WC and one patients rooms ‘wash basin and shower stall For General Wards, Hospital Staff and Visitors ii) | Water Closets 1 pers beds or | 1 per Sbeds | 1forupto 152 |1for upto 12 | | part thereot — | or part for 16 to 35 2 for 13 to 25 | | thereof ii) | Ablution tap ] One in each One in each | One in each ‘One in each water closet | water closet_| water closet__| water closet T water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals. iy) Urinals T per 15 beds : Nilup 06 1 for = 7 to 202 for 21 10.45, W | Wash basins [2 for every 30 beds oF part| I for upto 15 2 | I for upto 12 | | thereof. Add 1 per additional | for 16to35 | 2 for 13 to 25, 30 beds ot part thereof vi] Drinking water T per ward T per 100 persons or part thereof fountain vil|_| Cleaner's sink Tper ward = viii) | Bed pan sink T per ward = ixj)_[Kitchen sink Tper ward 3 NOTES: ale population as one-third Provision for additional and special hospital fittings where required shall be made. Drinking water fountains are not recommended for hospitals for reasons of infection control. This is to be decided by the health authority recommendations.33 ‘Table 5.13 Sanitation Requirements for Hospitals with Outdoor Patient Department (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 6) SL andi Patient Toilets Staff Toilets No. eiutee [- "Wales Females Males Females 1 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 | Toilet suit comprising | For up to 4 patients For individual doctors 7 one WC and one | officer's rooms wash basin (with | optional shower stall | if building used tor | 24h) | Water Closets [1 per 100 2 per 100 Tior upto 15] 1 forupto 12 | persons or part | persons or 2for 16 to 35. | 2 for 13 to 25 | thereof part thereof ii) Ablation tap One in each | One in each | One in each | One in each water closet __| water closet __| water closet __| water closet 1 water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals i) | Urinals 1 per 50 5 Ni up t 61 7 persons or part for 7 to 20 2 thereof for 21 to 45 v)_| Wash basing 2 per _100|2 per 100] 1 for up to 15| 1 for upto 12 persons of part | persons or | 2for 16 10 35. | 2 for 13 to 25, thereof part thereof vy] Drinking water See Note 2 T per 100 persons oF part fountain thereor (1) Some WCs may be of Indian style, if desired. (2) Drinking water fountains are not recommended for hospitals for reasons of infection control. This to be decided by the health authority recommendation. (3) The WCs shall be provided keeping in view the location of main OPD waiting hall and sub- waiting hall and sub-waiting halls, floor wise, so as to serve the people effectively. The number of patients shall be calculated floor wise. The OPD population shell include patient attendants @ least 1 per patient. (4) Male population may be assumed as two-third and female population as one-third. (5) Provision for additional and special hospital fittings where required shall be made. ‘Table 5.14 Sanitation Requirements for Hospitals, administrative Buildings (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 7) SI Stall Toilets. No. La Males Females 1 Z. 3 4 i) | Toilet suite comprising one WC, | For individual doctor's / officer's rooms one urinal and one wash basin (with optional shower stall if building used for 24 h) i) | Water Closets 1 per 25 persons or part T per 15 persons oF thereof part thereof, ii) _| Ablation tap ‘One in each water closet ‘One in each water closet T water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals. i) _| Urinals 1 for 6 to 15 2 2 for 16 to 50 ¥)_| Wash basins 1 per 25 persons or part|i per 25 persons or thereof part thereof, vi) _| Drinking water fountain 1 per 100 persons of part thereof (See Note 2) ‘vii)_| Cleaner's sinkc 1 per floor, Min. viii) | Kitchen sink T per floor, Min34 NOTES: 1. Some WCs may be of Indian style, if desired. 2. Drinking water fountains to be provided only when it is a separate block and patients will not use it ‘Table 5.15 Sanitation Requirements for Hospitals Staff Quarters and Nurses Homes (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 8) Si] Fixtures Staff Quarters Hursce No Males Females Males Female (i Hl (@) @) (5) (6) || Water cosets | —Tper@ Tpera Tpert | Tper persons \~ | persons or_ | persons or part | persons or_| or part thereof | partthereot | thereof | part thereat 2 | 2 for Sto 23 Lt for 5 to.35 [Wi | Ablation tap [One reach | One In each | One in each | One in each watercloset_| water closet_| water closet_| water closet Twater tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every | 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals, (iil)_| Wash basins | 1 per 8 persons or part thereof_| 1 per 8 persons or part thereof Bath I per 4 persons or part thereof | I per 4 persons or part thereof (showers) (W) | Drinking 1 per 100 persons or part T per 100 persons or part water fountain | thereof, Min 1 per floor thereof, Min I per floor (vi)_| Cleaner's sink 1 per floor 1 per floor NOTES: (1) Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired (2) For independent housing units, fixtures shall be provided as for residences Table 5.16 Sanitation Requirements for Hotels (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 9) Si. No | Fixtures Public Rooms ‘Non-Residential staff a a Males Females Males Females 8) (4) (5) (6) W Toilet sure Tndividual guest rooms with : comprising one | attached toilets WC wash basin with shower or a bath tub. (i) [ Water closets [1 per 100 persons | 2 per 100 Tiorupto1s | I ferupto 12 up to 400 persons up to Over 400 add at 1 | 200 Zor 16to.35 | 2 for 13 to 25, per 250 or part | Over 200 add | 3 for 36 to 65 | 3 for 26 to 40, thereof at 1 per 100 | 4 for 66 to 100 | 4 for 41 to 57 or part 5 for 58 to 7 thereof 6 for 78 to 100 (iii) [Ablution tap | One in each water | One ineach | Oneineach | One ineach closet water closet | water closet_| water closet Twater tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals. (vy | Urinals T per 50 persons ~ Nil up to 6 = or part thereof 1 for 7 to 20 2 for 21 to 45 3 for 46 to 70 4 for 71 to 100. (|__| Wash basins | 1 per WC/Urinal_| T per WC T for up to 15 (wi) | Bath [showers)_| 1 per 10 persons or part thereof, : : (vii) | Cieaner's sink. 1 per 30 rooms, Min 1 per floor (viii) | Kitchen sink 1 per KitchenNOTES: ay 35 some WCs may be Indian style, if desired (2) Male population may be assumed as two-third and female populations one-third (3) Provision for additional and special fitting where required shall be made. Table 5.17 Sanitation Requirements for Restaurants (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 10) Si Ne | Fisturei Public Rooms: ‘Non-Residential staif = os Males Females Males Females ae T (4) (5) (6) i | Water closets | I per 50 seats | 2 per 50 seats | Tfor upto 15] 1 for up to 12 up to200 Over |up to 200 200 add at 1 per | Over 200 add | 2for 16 to 35 | 2 for 13 to 25 100 orpart | at 1 per 100 | 3for 36 %065 | 3 for 26 to 40 thereof | or part thereof | 4 for 66 to | 4 for 41 to 57 | 100 5 for 58 to 77 | 6 for 78 to 100 Ablution tap | Oneineach | One ineach | One in each ‘One in each water closet___|_water closet_| water closet_| water closet T water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons oF part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals. | Urinals T per 50 Nil up to 6 : persons or part Lor 7 to 20 thereof 2 for 21 to 45 3 for 46 t0 70 4 for 71 to 100 iv. Wash basins [7 per WC Tper WO | Tper WO | T per WE v. —} Cleaner’s 1 per each Feataurant sink vis | Kitchen T per Kitchen! sink/dish washer NOTES: (1) Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired (2) Mate population may be assumed as two-third and female populations one-third (3) Provision for additional and special fitting where required shall be made. Table 5.18 Sanitation Requirements for Schools and Educational Institutions (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 11) ‘sl. ‘Fixtures: Nursery School Public Rooms Non-Residential staff No [Boys Ginis Boys Girls £ 2) 2 a (3) 6) a ii} Water ciosets | 1 per 15 pupils |1 per 40/1 per 25/1 per 8/1 per 6 or part thereot | pupils or | pupils or | pupils. or | pupils or part thereof _| part thereof | part thereof _| part thereof Ti] Ablution tap | One imeach | One in each Onein J Onein each One in each water coset | water closet | each water | water closet | water closet closet Twwater tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons of part thereof inthe vicinity of water closets and urinals Tau] Urinals 5 T per 20] = |1~ per 25) pupils oF pupils oF part thereof part thereof Tay Wash basins | Tper 1S pupils] 1 per 60 | Tper 40] 1 per 8 Tper6 orpart thereof | pupils or | pupils or _| pupils or _| pupils or | part thereot_| part thereof | part thereot_| part thereat (v)| Bath/showers | 1 per 40 pupils - - ‘1 per 8 lper6 or part thereof pupils or | pupils or | part thereof _| part thereof36 [SL] Fixtures | Nursery School Public Rooms Non Residential staff No Boys Gis Boys Gils uy ey 2 (4) 5) (6) 2) Wai} Drinking | T per SO pupils | Tper 50] Tper 50 | Uper 50] T per 50 water orpartthereot | pupils or | pupils or _| pupils or | pupils or Fountain ce part thereot | part thereot | part thereot | part thereot taps Trill Cleaners sink Tper each floor NOTES: j (1) Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired | {2} For teaching staf the schedule of fixtures to be provided shall be the same as in case of | office building | Table 5.19 Sanitation Requirements for Hostels (Ref, NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 12) SI. | Fixtures Resident Non-Resident Visitors/Common | No. Rooms Males_[ Females | Male Females Males | Females a) | @) (3) (4) (5) (6) ful (8) 3) [Water | IperSor|1per6 |1foruptois |iferuptol2 |1per 100 |2per 100 Closets | part or part | 2for 16 to 35 | 2for13to.25 | Up to 400 | Up to 200 thereof | thereof | 3 for 36 to 65 | 3 for 26 to 40, 4for66t0 | 4for41toS7 | Over 400. | Over 200 100 Sfor 58to77 | add add 6 for 78to 100 |atiper | at 1 per 250 100 i) [Ablation [Onein | Onein | Oneineach | Oneineach | Onein | Onein tap each each | water closet | water closet | each each water — | water water water closet___| closet closet closet 1 Water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or | part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals basins | persons | persons | 2 for 16 to 35. | 2 for 13 to 2: orpart | or part | 3 for 36 to 65 | 3 for 26 to 40 ii) | Urinals [T per 25°] - Nilupto6 | - T per 50, or part 1 for 7 to 20 or part thereof 2 for 21 to 45, thereof 3 for 46 to 70 4 for 71 to 100, iy [Wash |Iper8 |1per6 |1foruptois |iforuptoi2 | 1 per T per We 8 | WC/Urina 1 thereof | thereof | 4for66to | 4 for 41 to ST | 100 5 for 88 to 7 | 6 for 78 to 100 | Bath/sho|Tper8 | 1per6 | | - - wers persons | persons or part | or part | thereat __| thereof vi) | Cleaners | - “T per each floor sink | NOTE- Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired.(Ref. NBC 2016 Sanitation Requirements for Fruit and Vegetable Markets Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 13) Shop Owners ‘Common Toilets Market T per 8 or part 2 for 16 to 35 Tior up to12 | 1 per 50 2 for 13 t0 25 | (Min 2) 3 for 26 10.40 4 for 4110.57 | Over 400 Sfor 58 to77 | add 6 for 78 to 100 Public Toilet for | Floating Population Males Females (2 (8) T per 50 (Min 2) Over 200 add at 1 per 250 | at 1 per 100 ‘One in each | One in water closet | each water | | closet fap with draining of each shop and for closets and urinals ‘every 50 persons or pat ‘arrangements shall be provided in receiving/ sale area rt thereof in the vicinity of water T per 50 = T for up to 12 - = 2 for 13 to 25 3 for 26 to 40, 4 for 41 to 57 Tper 50 | 1 per 50 persons | persons 2) Common toilets in the market buildi ‘their regular visitors. 3) Special toilet facilities labourers, drivers of vel uirements for Bus Stations, Airports ‘Table 5.21 Sanitation Req .ction 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 14) (Ref. NBC 2016 Part 9, Se: jet facilities for individual buildings in a market should be taken same as that for office lings provide facilities for persons working in shops and \s for a large floating population of out of town buyers/sellers, hicles for whom special toilet (public toilets) \d Railway Stations ‘Terminal Railway and Bus Stations Junction Stations, Intermediate Stations and Bus Domestic and International Airports Males Females (7) (8) For 200: 5 | For 200: 8 For 400:9 | For 400: 15 For 600: 12 | For 600: 20 For 800: 16 | For 800: 26 For 1000: 18 | For 1000: 2938 Si. | Fixtures | Junction Stations, Terminal Railway | Domestic and International No. | Intermediate and Bus Stations Airports Stations and Bus | Stations Males | Females | Males | Females | Males Females (a) (2) (3) (4) TS) (6) 7 (8) ii) | Ablution | One in Onein |Onein | Oncin | Oneineach | One in each tap each water | each each each water closet | water closet | closet | water water water 1 | closet closet closet 1 Water tap with draining arrangements shall be provided for every 50 persons or part thereof in the vicinity of water closets and urinals i) | Urmais | 4for up to - 6 for up to ~ T per 40 or = 1000 1000 part thereof Add 1 per Add 1 per | additional additional | 1000 1000 iy | Wash T per Tper WC | 1 per Tper | 1 per T per WC basins | WC/Urinal wC/Urinal_| we WC/Urinal v) | Bath/sho 2 per 1000 3 per 1000 | 4 per 1000 vi) Drinking | 2 per 1000 or part 3 per 1000 oF part “per 1000 or part thereof water | thereof thereof fountain | or taps, (in common | lobby for male/fem ale) vi) | Cleaner's | Tper toilet | 1 per Tpertoilet | 1per | 1pertoilet | 1 per toilet sink compartme | toilet compartme | toilet | compartment | compartment ntwith 3. | compart |ntwith3 | compar | with 3WCs | with 3 WCs wes ment Wes tment with 3 with 3 WCs WCs NOTE- y ‘Some WCs may be Indian style, if desired. 2) Male population may be assumed as three-fifth and female populations two-fifth 3)_Separate provision shall be made for staff and workers. ‘Table 5.22 Sanitation Requirements for Shopping Mall and Retail Buildings (Ref, NBC 2016 Part 9, Section 2, Clause 4.2.5.1, Table 15) Fixtures | Staif Toilets in Shopping Building | Pubife Toilet for Floating Population = a Females Males "| Females (5) (6) (7) (8) % | Water closets | I forup 18] 1 forup wo 12] Tper 50} Tper 50 2ior16t033 | 2for13t025 | (Min 2) atin 2) | | Stor 36 to63 | 3 for 26 t0 40 | | Yor 66 t0 100 | 4 for 41 10 57 | 5 for $8 to 77 | | 6 for 78 to 100 | Ablation tap | One meach water | Oneincach | Onein | _Onein | closet water closet | each water | each water | ‘closet | “closet | iii. | Urinals: | ‘Nil up to 6 ~ | 1 per 50 - | 'tor'? to 20 2 for 21 to 45 3 for 46 to 70 __4 for 71 to 100 :39 Si, | Fistures | Staff Toilets in Shopping Building | Public Toilet for No Floating Population T Females Males | Females 1 a a) | (5) T (6) aw iv, | Wash basins | I for upto 18 | I forup to 12 | Tper 50] I per 50 2ferieto3s | 2teri3to25 | (Min2) | (atin 2) 3 for 361065 | 3 for 2610.40 4 for 66 to 100 | 4 for 41 to. 57 | | Bath showers | T per 100 persons | 1 per TO a as | ‘NOTES: (1) Toilet facilities for individual facilities in a shopping building should be taken same as that for office buildings. (2) Staff toilets in the shopping buildings provide facilities for persons working in shops and buildings, as well as for maintenance staff. (3) The number of persons against the fixture bath /showers represents the maintenance staff requiring such facility (4) Public toilet facilities are provided for a large floating population for buyers and visitors. 5.3.2.4 Construction Site (1), At construction sites, one toilet must be provided per 20 employees. In a work zone with between 21 and 199 employees, a toilet seat and one urinal must be provided for every 40 employees. For 200 or more workers, regulations call for a toilet seat and a urinal per 50 workers, ‘The toilet must be located within 200 m or 5-minute walk. {2). Job sites that are not equipped with a sanitary sewer must, unless probibited by local codes, provide privies, in locations where their use will not contaminate either ground or surface water. Other alternatives to a privy could be chemical toilets, re-circulating toilets, or combustion toilets, (3). Toilets should be cleaned regularly and maintained in good order, running water, must be provided along with soap and individual hand towels, 5.3.2.5 ‘Temporary Camp Toilets.- Toilet facilities shall be provided within 60 m of the, site, which shall not be closer than 15 m of dining area or kitchen. Make sure that toilet area is cleaned at least once per day, it is sanitary, adequately lighted and is employee safe 5.3.2.6 Special / Contingency Toilets (1) For Special events like open air theatre, religious/political gatherings, mela, etc. for which there are no permanent toilet facilities, contingency toilets/PSUs shall be provided. The following considerations shall determine the number of toilets to be provided for particular event: (a) Duration of the event; (b) Type of crowd. (c} Weather conditions; and a) Whether finishing times are staggered if the event has multi-functions and the following guidelines shall be applied with minimum 50 per cent female toilets. Table 5.23 Contingency Toilets facilities for Special Events ‘SLNo. | Patrons For Males For Females | Toilets | Urinals | Sinks | Toilets | Sinks i 500, i 2 2 6 2 1 2 =1000 2 4 + 9 + 1 3 =2000 4 s 6 12 a | 4 =3000 6 ns 10 18 10. 5, =5000 8 [as 17 30. Tr] (9) Special Purpose Toilets: Special toilet facies shall be adequately provided in public projects iransport terminals/ healtheare and other public spaces) in milion plus cities for the Third gender with appropriate cleanliness arrangements40 5.3.2.7 General guidance for water supply arrangements (1), For new construction: Provision shall be made for underground tank for the storage of water, having capacity at 200 1. per person with adequate pumping arrangements to supply water to upper floors. Water connection from the Water Supply system of the Authority will be allowed only for use of drinking and bathing. For other purposes i.e. flushing and gardening etc., the individual shall be required to have own arrangements of open well, tube well (with the permission of Ground Water Authority), rain water or recycled water, within the premises. While according sanction to Layout Plan, the Authority shall make a special mention that provision for space shall be kept for the construction of underground reservoir of adequate capacity along with booster pumping station (2).The plumbing arrangement in case of new constructions shall be made in a way that the potable water shall be used for drinking, cooking and bathing only and for rest of the uses, provision for dual piping system shall be made for the buildings specified in chapter 11. (3). Low capacity cistern should preferably be provided instead of normal 12.5 L capacity. (4). Provisions for sustainable methods of Water and Wastewater management and Water harvesting may be referred from Chapter 10 and Chapter 11 of these Bye-Laws, CHAPTER 6 6. PROVISIONS FOR HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT 6.1 General.- Buildings of height 15m and above shall be considered as high-rise building. Note: These provisions shall be in addition to the Chapter 4 for plan sanction procedure, general building requirements (low/ high) given in Chapter § of this document and structural safety given in Chapter? 6.2Means of access (1) A building shall abut on a street or streets or upon spaces directly connected from the street by a hard surface approach road. The width of approach road shall be as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations. (2) The approach road to the building and open spaces on its all sides shall be as prescribed in the Zonal regulations and wherever vehicular driveways are required to be provided, the same shall be reinforced to ensure safety of the fire equipment and capable of taking the weight of Fire engine, weighing up to 45 ton (3) The said driveway shall be kept free of obstructions and shall be motorable. (4) Main entrances to the premises shall be of adequate width to allow easy access to the fire engine and in no case, it shall measure less than 6.0m. The entrance gate shall fold back against the compound wall of the premises, thus leaving the exterior access way within the plot free for movement of fire service vehicles. If archway is provided over the main entrance the height of the archway shall not be at a height less than 4.5m. 6.3 Parking Spaces (1) The parking spaces shall be provided as per the provisions of Master Plan and Zonal Regulations as prevalent. The location of parking spaces shall be well ventilated. (2) In case of high-rise buildings parking will be permitted at any /all of the following: (a). Basements; (b). Stilt floor; and (c). Stacked/ Multi-level/ Automated parking, 6.4 Building components 6.4.1 Doorways.- The doorway requirements shall be as prescribed in Clause 0.5.2.6 6.4.2 Revolving Doors.-Revolving door shall not be provided as a means of fire exit, 6.4.3 Stairways (1) A staircase shall not be arranged round a lift shaft. (2) The staircase shall be ventilated to the atmosphere at each landing and a vent at the top; the vent openings shall be of 0.58q.m in the external wall at the top. If the staircase cannot be ventilated, because of location or other reasons, a positive pressure SO Pa shall be maintained inside. The mechanism for pressurizing the staircase shall operate automatically with the fire alarm. The roof of the shaft shall be Im above the surrounding roof. Glazing or glass bricks if used in staircase, shall have fire resistance rating of minimum 2 hours. (3) The minimum width of staircase shall be as per Table 5.2: (4) Handrails shall be provided with a minimum height of 1.0m from the centre of the tread. (5) Access to main staircase shall be gained through adequate fire resistance rating specified in Chapter12 Automatic closing doors shall be placed in the enclosing walls of the staircases. It shall be a swing type door opening in the direction of the escape. (6). No ving space, store or other fire risk shall open directly into the staircase or staircases.at (7). External exit door of stairease enclosure at ground level shall open directly to the open spaces or can be reached without passing through any door other than a door provided to form a draught lobby (8). The exit sign with arrow indicating the way to the escape route shall be provided at a height of 0.5m from the floor level on the wall and shall be illuminated by electric light connected to corridor circuits, All exit way marking signs should be flushed with the wall and so designed that no mechanical damage shall occur to them due to moving of furniture or other heavy equipment's. Further all landings of floor shall have floor indication boards indicating the number of floor. The floor indication board shall be placed on the wall immediately facing the flight of stairs and nearest to the landing. It shall be of size not less than 0.5x 0.5m_and it shall be prominently on the wall facing the staircase. (9). In case of single staircase, it shall terminate at the ground floor level and the access to the basement shall be by a separate staircase. However, the second staircase may lead to basement levels provided the same is separated at ground level by either a ventilated lobby with discharge points at two different ends or through enclosures with fire resistance rating door specified in Chapter12 or through a fire protected corridor. 6.4.4 Lifts.- General requirements of lifts shall be as follows: (1) AM the floors shall be accessible for 24 hours by the lifts. The lifts provided in the buildings shall not be considered as a means of escape in case of emergency. In a dual line arrangement [lifts opposite to each other) the lobby may be between 1.5 times to 2.5 times the depth of one car. For in-line (single line) arrangements the lobby may be typically half of the above recommendations. (2) Grounding switch, at ground floor level, to enable the fire service to ground the lift shall also be provided. {3) The lift machine room shall be separate and no other machinery shall be installed therein. (4) Walls of lift enclosures and lift lobby shall have fire rating of 2 hour; as specified in ‘Chapter12 lifts shall have a vent at the top of area not less than 0.2Sq.m (5) Lift car door shall have a fire resistance rating of 1 hour. (6) Lift lobby doors in lift enclosures shall have fire resistance as specified in Chapter12. (7) Collapsible gates shall not be permitted for lifts and shall have solid doors with fire resistance of at least 1 hour. (8) If the fire man lift shaft and lobby is in the core of the building, a positive pressure between 25 and 30 Pa shall be maintained in the lobby and a positive pressure of 50 Pa shall be ‘maintained in the lift shaft. The mechanism for pressurization shall act automatically with the fire alarm; it shall be possible to operate this mechanically also. (9) Lifts if communicating with the basement, the lift lobby of the basements shall be pressurized as suggested in clause 12.9.1(g) and 12.9.1(h) with self-closing door with fire resistance rating as specified in Chapter 12. Telephone or other communication facilities shall be provided in lift cars and to be connected to fire control room for the building. (10) Exit from the fire man lift lobby, if located in the core of the building, shall be through a self-closing fire door of half an hour fire resistance. (11) Suitable arrangements such as providing slope in the floor of lift lobby shall be made to prevent water used during fire-fighting, etc., at any landing from entering the lift shafts. (12) A sign shall be posted and maintained on every floor at or near the lift indicating that in case of fire, occupants shall use the stairs unless instructed otherwise. The sign shall also contain a plan for each floor showing the locations of the stairways. Alternate source of power supply shall be provided for all the lifts through a manually operated changeover switch. (13) For Pressurization Specifications of various building components refer NBC Part-4 Fire and Life Safety Pressurization of Staircases (Protected Escape Routes) 6.4.5 Basements 6.4.5.1 General requirements.- Basement floors shall be permitted as prescribed in the Zonal Regulations 6.4.5.2 Requirements for High rise development (1) Each basement shall be separately ventilated. Vents with cross-sectional area {ageregate) not less than 2.5 percent of the floor area spread evenly round the perimeter of the basement shall be provided in the form of grills or breakable stall board lights or pavement lights or by way of shafts. Alternatively, a system of air inlets shall be provided at basement floor Ievel and smoke outlets at basement ceiling level. Inlets and extracts may be terminated at ground level with stall board or pavement lights, but ducts to convey fresh air to the basement floor level have to be laid. Stall board and pavement lights should be in positions easily accessible to the fire brigade and clearly marked ‘SMOKE OUTLET’ or ‘AIR INLET’ with an indication of area served at or near the opening42 (2) The staircase of basements shall be of enclosed type having fire resistance rating as specified in Chapter 12. The staircase shall be situated at the periphery of the basement to be entered at ground level only, from outside open air. The staircase shall communicate with basement through a lobby with self-closing doors with fire resistance rating as per relevant NBC code mentioned above. {3)in multi-storey basements, intake ducts may serve all basement levels, but each basement level and basement compartment shall have separate smoke outlet duct or ducts. Ducts so provided shall have the same fire resistance rating as the compartment itself. Fire rating may be taken as the required smoke extraction time for smoke extraction ducts. (4)Mechanical extractors for smoke venting system from lower basement levels shall also be provided. The system shall be of such design as to operate on actuation of heat / smoke sensitive detectors or sprinklers, if installed, and shall have a considerably superior performance compared to the standard units. It shall also have an arrangement to start it manually. (5)Mechanical extractors shall have an internal locking arrangement, so that extractors shall continue to operate and supply fans for HVAC shall stop automatically with the actuation of fire detectors. (6). Mechanical extractors shall be designated to permit 30 air changes per hour in case of fire or distress call. However, for normal operation, air changes schedule shall be as given in Part 8, Building Services, Section 3, Air-conditioning, Heating and Mechanical Ventilation of National Building Code, 2016, (7)Mechanical extractors shall have an alternative source of supply (h). Ventilating ducts shall be integrated with the structure and made out of brick masonry or reinforced cement concrete and when this duct crosses the transformer area or electrical switchboard, fire dampers shall be provided. (8) Use of basements for kitchens working on gas fuel shall not be permitted, unless air conditioned. The basement shall not be permitted below the ward block of a hospital /nursing home unless it is fully sprinkled. Building services such as electrical sub-stations, boiler rooms in basements shall comply with the provisions of the Indian Electricity Act / Rules. Boiler room shall be provided at the first basement along the periphery wall with fire resistance rating as specified in Chapter 12 or shall be separated with the blast wall (9) If cut-outs are provided from basements to the upper floors or to the atmospheres, all sides’ cut-out openings in the basements shall be protected by sprinkler head at close spacing so as to form a water curtain in the event of a fire (10) It is essential to make provisions for drainage of any such water on all floors to prevent or minimize water damage of the contents. The drain pipes should be provided on the external wall for drainage of water from all floors. On large area floors, several such pipes may be necessary which should be spaced 30m apart. Care shall be taken to ensure that the construction of the drain pipe does not allow spread fire / smoke from floor to floor. 6.4.6Compartmentation.- The building shall be suitably compartmentalized so that fire/smoke remains confined to the area where fire incident has occurred and does not spread to the remaining part of the building. Compartmentation and Pressurization method shall be adopted (as per Part 4 of NBC 2016) to protect escape routes against ingress of smoke, or toxic gases into the escape routes will be prevented. Pressurization shall be adopted for high rise buildings and building having mixed occupancy /multiplexes having covered area more than 500Sq.m 6.4.7Ramps.- Ramps shall be provided as prescribed in Clause 5.2.5 6.4.8 Corridors (1) Exit corridors and passageways shall be of width not less than the aggregate required Width of exit doorways leading from them in the direction of travel to the exterior (2) The minimum width of a corridor in a residential building shall be 1.0m for single loaded and 1.8m for double loaded and in all other buildings shail be 1.5m. (9) Where stairways discharge through corridors and passageways, the height of corridors and passageways shall be not less than 2.4m. (4) All means of exit including staircases lifts lobbies and corridors shall be ventilated. 6.4.9 Glass Facade/ Service Ducts/Shafts/ Refuge Area/ Vents (1) An Opening to the glass facade of min. width 1.5m and height 1.5m shall be provided at every floor at a level of 1.2m from the flooring facing compulsory open space as well as on road side. Construction that complies with the fire rating of the horizontal segregation and has any gap packed with a non-combustible material to withstand thermal expansion and structural movement of the ‘walling without the loss of seal against fire and smoke. (2) (2) Mechanism of Opening: The openable glass panel shall be either left or right shall have manual opening mechanism from inside as well as outside. Such openable panels shall be marked conspicuously so as to easily identify the openable panel from outside43, (3) Fire seal to be provided at every floor level between the external glazing and building structure. (4) The glazing used for the facade shall be of toughened (tempered) safety glass as per 18.2553 (5) To avoid fire propagation vertically from one floor to another floor, a continuous glass I must be separated internally by a smoke/ fire seal which is of non-combustible material having a fire resistance rating of not less than 2 hours, (6) Service ducts and shafts shall be enclosed by walls and doors with fire resistance rating (Refer Clause 12.7.1 of Chapter 12). All such ducts/shafts shall be properly sealed and stopped fire ingress at all floor levels. (7| A vent opening at the top of the service shaft shall be provided having an area between one- fourth and one-half of the area of the shaft. (8) The openable vent of minimum 2.5% of the floor area shall be provided. The openable vent can be pop out type or bottom hinged provided with fusible link opening mechanism and shall also be integrated with automatic Smoke Detection System, (a) Alternate vertical glass panels of the facade shall be openable type with the mechanism mentioned above in order to ventilate the smoke, (b) Refuge areas covered with the glass facade shall have all the panels fully openable (either left or right hinged) both from inside as well as outside. Glass quality and Practice of use of Glass in buildings shall have to be in conformity with the BIS codes as given in Table 6.1 below: ‘Table 6.1 TS Code ‘Specifications 2553(Part 1/1990 | Specification for safety glass: Part 1 General purpose (third revision) 2835:1987 Specification for flat transparent sheet glass /hird revision] [Ass:994 Specification for silvered glass mirrors for general purpose (second revision) Bas7 1994 Specification for figured rolled and wired glass [frst reuision] 14900:2000 Specification for transparent float glass. 16231 Part I | General methodology for selection 16231 Part 2 Energy and Light 16231 Part 3 Fire and Loading 16231 Part 4 | Safety related to Human Impact 6.5 Building Services 6.5.1 Staircase and Corridor Lighting (1) The staircase and corridor lighting shall be on separate service and shall be independently connected so as it could be operated by one switch installation on the ground floor, easily accessible to fire-fighting staff at any time irrespective of the position of the individuate control of the light points, if any. (2) Staircase and corridor lighting shall also be connected to alternate supply from parallel high-tension supply or to the supply from the stand-by generator. (3) Emergency lights shall be provided in staircase and corridor/ passageway, horizontal exits, refuge area; and all wires and other accessories used for emergency light shall have fire retardant property 6.5.2 Electrical Services (1) The electric distribution cables/wiring shall be laid in separate duct the duet shall be sealed at every floor with non-combustible materials having the same fire resistance as that of the duct. Low and medium voltage wiring running in shaft and in false ceiling shall run in separate conduits, (2) Water mains, telephone cables, intercom cables, gas pipes or any other service line shall not be laid in the duct for electric cables. Use of bus ducts/solid rising mains instead of cables is preferred (3) The provision of dedicated telecommunication ducts for all new building proposals is mandatory for conveyance of telecommunication and other data cables. (4) Separate circuits for water pumps lifts, staircases and corridor lighting and blowers for pressurizing system shall be provided directly from the main switchgear panel (for detailed specifications refer NBC 2005, Part-4 Fire and Life Safety) 6.5.3Alternate Source of Electric Supply.- A stand-by electric generator shall be installed to supply power to staircase and corridor lighting circuits, fire lifts, the stand-by fire pumps, pressurization fans and blowers, smoke extraction and damper system in case of failure of normal44 lectric supply. The generator shall be capable of taking starting current of all the machines and circuits stated above simultaneously. If the stand-by pump is driven by diesel engine, the generator supply need not be connected to the stand-by pump. 6.5.4Air-conditioning.- Air-conditioning shall conform to the following: (a). Escape routes like staircases, common corridors, lift lobbies, etc. shall not be used as return air passage (b). The ducting shall be constructed of substantial gauge metal in accordance with good practice. (c). Wherever the duets pass through fire walls or floors, the opening around the ducts shall be sealed with materials having fire resistance rating of the compartment. {@). Where duct crosses a compartment which is fire rated, the ducts shall be fire rated for same fire rating, Further depending on services passing around the duct work, which may get affected in case of fire temperature rising, the ducts shall be insulated. (@). ceiling Metallic ducts shall be used even for the return air instead of space above the false (0). Where plenum is used for return air passage, ceiling and its fixtures shall be of non- combustible material (g). The materials used for insulating the duct system {inside or outsite) shall be of non- combustible material; glass wool shall not be wrapped or secured by any material of combustible nature. (h). Air ducts serving main floor areas, corridors, etc. shall not pass through the staircase enclosure. (i). The air-handling units shall be separate for each floor and air ducts for every floor shall be separated and in no way inter-connected with the ducting of any other floor. (j. If the air-handling unit serves more than one floor, the recommendations given above shall be compiled with in addition to the conditions given below (i). Proper arrangements by way of automatic fire dampers working on smoke detector / or fusible link for isolating all ducting at every floor from the main riser shall be made: {i). When the automatic fire alarm operates, the respective air-handling units of the air conditioning system shall automatically be switched off (ii). The vertical shaft for treated fresh air shall be of masonry construction. {iv). The air filters ofthe air-handiing units shall be of non-combustible materials or fire rated (Refer Clause 12.7.1 of Chapter 12) (©). The air-handling unit room shall not be used for storage of any combustible materials. (ci). Inspection panels shall be provided in the main trunk line to facilitate the cleaning of ducts of accumulated dust and to obtain access for maintenance of fire dampers. (vii). No combustible material shall be fixed nearer than 150 mm to any duct unless such duct is properly enclosed and protected with non-combustible material (glass wool or spyglass with neoprene facing enclosed and wrapped with aluminium sheeting) at least 3.2 mm thick and which would not readily conduct heat. 6.5.5 Transformers (1) If transformers are housed in the building below the ground level it shall be necessarily in the first basement in separate fire resistance room of 4 hours rating. Transformer shall be dry type and shall be kept in an enclosure with walls, doors and cut-outs having fire resistance rating of 4 hour. The room shall necessarily be at the periphery of the basement having separate and direct access from open area at ground floor through a fire escape staircase. The entrance to the room shall be provided with a steel door of 2 hours fire rating. A curb of a suitable height shall be provided at the entrance in order to prevent the flow of oil from ruptured, transformer into other parts of the basement. The switchgears shall be housed in a separate room separated from the transformer bays by a fire-resisting wall with fie resistance not less than 4 hours (2) The transformer shall be protected by an automatic foam sprinkler system. When housed at ground floor level it/they shall be cut-off from the other portion of premises by Fire Resisting Walls of 4 hours rating (3) A tank of RCC construction of adequate capacity shall be provided at lower basement level, to collect the oil trom the catch pit in case of emergency. The pipe connecting the eatch-pit to the tank shall be of non-combustible construction and shall be provided with a flame-arreste. (@) The electric sub-station shall be located in a separate building in accordance to LE. Rules, 68(1) and 6440) (a) (5) If this is not possible due to site conditions, the sub-station shall be located on the ground floor. As far as possible sub-station shall not be installed in a basement, for such situations special provisions like mechanical ventilation, wherever required, cable ducting, cable trays, top/bottom entry of HV/LV cable, hooks on Transformer(s) and HV panels, adequate fire detection45 and fire-fighting arrangement, adequate drainage, effective measures to prevent flooding etc. shall be provided. Adequate precautions shall also be taken for water proofing to prevent seepage of water. A ramp shall also be provided with a slope, not steeper than 1 in 7, for easy movement of equipment’s to and from sub-station. (6) Fire regulations - The installations shall be carried out in conformity with the local regulations and rules there under wherever they are in force. At other places NBC guidelines shall be followed, 6.5.6Gas supply (1) Town Gas / L.P. Gas Supply Pipes ~ Where gas pipes are run in buildings, the same shall be run in separate shaits exclusively for this purpose and these shall be on external walls, away from the staircases. There shall be no interconnection of this shaft with the rest of the floors. (2) LPG distribution pipes shall always be below the false ceiling. The length of these pipes shall be as short as possible. In the case of kitchen cooking range area, apart from providing hood, covering the entire cooking range, the exhaust system should be designed to take care of 30 cum per minute per Sq.m of hood protected area. It should have grease filters using metallic grill to trip oil vapours escaping into the fume hood. ‘Note: For detailed information on gas pipe installations, reference may be made to Part.9 ‘Plumbing Services, Section 3 Gas Supply’, of National Building Code of india. (3) For large/commercial kitchens all wiring in fume hoods shall be of fiber glass insulation. ‘Thermal detectors shall be installed into fume hoods of large kitchens for hotels, hospitals and similar areas located in high rise buildings. Arrangements shall be made for automatic tripping of the exhaust fan in case of fire, (4) If LPG is used, the same shall be shut off. The voltage shall be of 24 V or 100V DC operated with the external rectifier. The valve shall be of the hand re-set type and shall be located in an area segregated from cooking ranges. Valves shall be easily accessible. The hood shall have manual facility for steam or carbon dioxide gas injection, depending on duty condition; and Gas meters shall be housed in a suitably constructed metal cupboard located in a well-ventilated space, keeping in view the fact that LPG is heavier than air and town gas is lighter than air 6.5.7 Boiler Room.- Further, the following additional aspects may be taken into account in the location of Boiler /Botler Room: (a). The boiler shall not be allowed in sub-basement but be allowed in the first basements away from the escape routes. (b). The boilers shall be installed in a fire resisting room of 4 hours fire resistance rating, and this room shall be situated on the periphery of the basement. Catch pit shall be provided at the low level, Entry to this room may be provided with a composite door of two-hour fire resistance (c. The boiler room shall be provided with fresh air inlets and smoke exhausts directly to the atmosphere. (d), Foam inlets shall be provided on the external walls of the building at the ground floor level to enable the fire services to use foam in case of fire. (e}. The furnace oil tank for the boiler, if located in the adjoining room shall be separated by fire resisting wall of 4-hour rating, Entry to this room shall be provided with a composite door of 2- hour fire resistance. A curb of suitable height shall be provided at the entrance in order to prevent the flow of oil into the boiler room in case of tank rupture. 6.5.8 Helipad.- Buildings above 200 m in height, helipad shall be provided. 6.5.9 Disaster Management / Fire Safety.- Kefer Chapter 12 of this document. 6.5.10 Sustainable Environment and Buildings.- Refer Chapter 11 and Chapter 15 of this document 6.5.11 Structural Safety.- As per provisions made for Structural Safety in Chapter 7 CHAPTER 7 PROVISIONS FOR STRUCTURAL SAFETY 7.1 Structural design and safety.- For any building under the jurisdiction of these bye- laws structural/retrofitting design shall only be carried out by a registered Structural Engineer on Record (SER). Proof checking of various designs/ reports shall be carried out by competent authority as per Table 7.Lwherever applicable. 7.1.1 Additional Provisions for natural hazard prone areas.- Generally, the structural design of foundations, elements of masonry, timber, plain concrete, reinforced concrete, pre-stressed. concrete and structural steel shall conform to the provisions of Part 6: Structural Design — Section 1 Loads, Forces and Effects Section 2 Soils and Foundations, Section 3 Timber and Bamboo,46 Section~ 4 Masonry, Section 5 Concrete Section- 6 Steel Section- 7 Prefabrication Systems, Building and Mixed /Composite Construction of National Building Code of India (NBC), taking into consideration the Indian Standards as given below. For General Structural Safety (1) IS: 456:2000 ‘Code of Practice for Plain and Reinforced Concrete’ (2) IS: 800-2007 ‘Code of Practice for General Construction in Steel’; (3) IS: 801-1975 ‘Code of Practice for Use of Cold Formal Light Gauge Steel Structural Members in General Building Construction’; (4) IS 875 (Part 2):1987 Design loads (other than earthquake) for buildings and structures Part2 Imposed Loads; (5) IS 875 (Part 3):1987 Design loads (other than earthquake) for buildings and structures Part 3 Wind Loads; 6) IS 875 (Part 4):1987 Design loads (other than carthquake) for buildings and structures Part 4 Snow Loads; 7) IS 875 (Part 5):1987 Design loads (other than earthquake) for buildings and structures, Part 5 special loads and load combination; 8) IS: 883:1994 ‘Code of Practice for Design of Structural Timber in Building; 9) IS: 1904:1986 (R 2005) ‘Code of Practice for Structural Safety of Buildings: Foundation’: 10] IS 1905:1987 ‘Code of Practice for Structural Safety of Buildings: Masonry Walls; and 11) IS 2911(Part 1): Section 1: 2010 ‘Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Pile Foundation Section 1 Part 1: Section 2 Bored Cast-in-situ Piles Part 1: Section 3 Driven Precast Concrete Piles Part 1: Section 4 Bored Precast Concrete Piles Part 2: Timber Piles Part 3: Under Reamed Piles Part 4: Load Test on Piles For Cyclone/Wind Storm Protection (12) 18 875 (3}:1987 ‘Code of Practice for Design Loads (other than Earthquake) for Buildings and Structures, Part 3, Wind Loads’ (13) Guidelines (Based on 1S 875 (3)-1987) for improving the Cyclonic Resistance of Low rise houses and other building. For Earthquake Protection (14) IS: 1893 (Part 1)-2002 ‘Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures (Fifth, Revision} 15) IS: 13920-1993 ‘Ductile Detailing of reinforced Concrete structures subjected to Seismic Forces-Code of Practice (26) 18: 4926-2013 ‘Barthquake Resistant Design and construction of buildings code of practice (second revision)’ (17) IS: 13828-1993 ‘Improving earthquake resistance of low strength masonry buildings- guidelines (18) IS: 13827:1993 ‘Improving Earthquake Resistance of Earthen Buildings-Guidelines (19) IS: 19935-2009 ‘Seismic Evaluation, Repair and Seismic Strengthening of Buildings - Guidelines’ For Protection of Landslide Hazard (20) 1S 14458 (Part 1): 1998 Guidelines for retaining wall for hill area: Part1Selection of type of wall (21) IS 14458 (Part 2): 1997 Guidelines for retaining wall for hill area: Part 2 Design of retaining/breast walls (22) IS 14458 (Part 3): 1998 Guidelines for retaining wall for hill area: Part 3Construction of dry stone walls (23) IS 14496 (Part 2}: 1998 Guidelines for preparation of landslide ~ Hazard zonation maps in mountainous terrains: Part 2 Macro-zonation.7 Note: Whenever an Indian Standard including those referred in the National Building Code or the National Building Code is referred, the latest revision of the same shall be followed except specific criteria, if any, mentioned above against that code. 7.1.2 Structural Design Basis Report (SDBR).- In compliance of the design with the above Indian Standard, the Structural Engineer on Record will submit a structural design basis report in the Performa attached herewith covering the essential safety requirements specified in the Standard. The ‘Structural Design Basis Report (SDBRY'consists of four parts Part 1: General Information/ Data Part 2: Load Bearing Masonry Buildings Part 3: Reinforced Conerete Buildings Part 4: Steel Buildings (a) Drawings and Documents to be submitted for approval of appropriate authorities shall include SDBR as detailed below: Part 1: Completed Part 2: (if applicable) - completed Part 3: (if applicable) - undertaking that completed Part 3 will be submitted before commencement of construction. Part 4: (if applicable) — undertaking that completed Part 4 will be submitted before commencement of construction. (b) SDBR as detailed below shall be submitted to the appropriate authority as soon as design of foundation is completed, but not later than one month prior to commencement of construction. Part 1: Completed Part-2, Part-3 or Part-4: (if applicable) Completed 7.1.3 Seismic strengthening/retrofitting.- Prior to seismic strengthening/retrofitting of any existing structure, evaluation of the existing structure as regards structural vulnerability in the specified wind/seismic hazard zone shall be carried out by the SER. If as per the evaluation of the SER the seismic resistance is assessed to be less than the specified minimum seismic resistance as given in the note below, action will be initiated to carry out the upgrading of the seismic resistance of the building as per applicable standard guidelines. Note: (2), For masonry buildings reference shall be made to IS 4326 and IS 13935, (2). For concrete buildings and structures reference shall be made to 1815988: 2013 Seismic evaluation and strengthening of existing RCC buildings. 7.1.4 Buildings with Soft Storey.- In case buildings with a flexible storeys, such as the ground storey consisting of open spaces for parking that is ‘Stilt buildings’ or any other storey with open halls, special arrangements are to be made to increase the lateral strength and stiffness of the soft/open storey such as Steel bracing / Shear walls / Brick infil’s between columns. Dynamic analysis of building is to be carried out including the strength and stiffness effects of infills and inelastic deformations in the members, particularly, those in the soft storey, and the structural members are to be designed accordingly Alternatively, the following design criteria are to be adopted after carrying out the earthquake analysis, neglecting the effect of infill walls in other storeys: (a). The columns and beams of the soft storey shall be designed for 2.5 times the storey shears and moments, calculated under seismic loads specified in the other relevant clauses; or, (b). Besides the columns designed and detailed for the calculated storey shears and moments, shear walls shall be placed symmetrically in both directions of the building as far away from the Centre of the building as feasible: to be designed exclusively for 1.5 times the lateral storey shear force calculated as before. For details of design and provisions, IS 1893, Part 1 shall be referred. 7.1.5Review of structural design (1) The Authority shall create a Structural Design Review Panel (SDRP) consisting of senior SERs whose task will be to review and certify the design prepared by SER whenever referred by the competent authority. (2) The Reviewing Agency shall submit addendum to the certificate or a new certificate in case of subsequent changes in structural design. (3) Table-7.1 gives requirements of SDRP for different seismic zones namely III, IV and V and for structures of different complexities. (4) In seismic Zone II, buildings and structures greater than 40m in height will require proof checking by SDRP as per detail at SI. no.3 of Table 7.148. Table 7.1 Proof Checking Requirements for Structural Design Sl.No _| Type of Structure ‘Submission from SER | To be Proof Checked 1 Load Bearing Buildings up to | SDBR* Not tobe checked | three storeys | 2, Buildings up to seven storeys | SDBR To be checked | | (R.C.C/Steel framed structure) [Preliminary design To be checked 3 Building greater than seven | SDBR To be checked storeys (R.C.C/Steel framed | Preliminary desion To be checked structure} Detailed structural design | To be checked L and structural drawing a Non-Residential Buildings ‘SDBR To be checked Preliminary design — To be checked | Detailed structural design | To be checked l and structural drawing l *SDBR— Structural Design Basis Report Notes: 1. Table 5.3may be referred for occupant load/live loads for different building types. 2At the preliminary proposal stage of a project, the objective is to undertake feasibility study/ comparison of a number of possible alternatives of Structural schemes and determine the most cost effective one, detailed structural calculations are not necessary for each alternative scheme. However, it is necessary to determine the member sizes and reinforcement content in order to determine the cost. By making conservative assumptions it is possible to derive simplified calculations {for both analysis and design. This is called ‘Preliminary or approximate analysis, and design’. After the most cost-effective scheme is selected and signed-off by the Client, the detailed calculations are performed on the selected scheme to determine the precise structural members and composition (size, dimension and stress behaviour), and this is called the ‘Detailed structural design’. In the aforesaid, the design of structural members is typically assumed to account for all the stress loads identified from section xx to be applicable in the given project. 3. Special structure means large span structures such as stadium, assembly halls, or tall structures such as water tanks, TV tower, chimney, ete. It will be seen from the Table 7.1 above that there is a wide range of structure typology, and the requirement by the Competent Authority for third party verification will depend on the type of structure 4. SER may adopt suitable structural design software for designing the buildings, 7.1.6 Certification regarding structural safety in design.- Structural Engineer on Record (SER) shall give a certificate of structural safety of design as per Form-XV at the time of completion, stating that the structure of the building has been designed as per the relevant standards satisfying the soil investigation report submitted by GER and for the loads expected on the building and that the building will be structurally safe if constructed accordingly. (as per Clause 3.17) 7.1.7 Constructional safety 7.1.7.1 Supervision.- All construction except load bearing buildings up to 3 storeys shall be carried out under supervision of the Construction Engineer on Record (CER) or Construction Management Agency on Record (CMAR) for various seismic zones. 7.1.7.2 Certification of structural safety in construction.- CMR shall give a certificate of structural safety of construction as per Performa given in Form- XVA at the time of completion, stating that the building is structurally safe and the construction is in accordance with the specified designs and drawings provided by SER (as per Clause 3.17). 7.1.8Quality control and inspection... All material and workmanship shall be of good quality conforming generally to accepted standards of Public Works Department and Indian standard specification and codes as included in Part-V Building Materials and Part-VII Construction management, practices and safety of National Building Code of India. 7.1.8.1 Inspeetion.- All the construction for high-rise buildings higher than seven. storeys, public buildings and special structures shall be carried out under quality inspection program prepared and implemented under the Building Quality Auditor (BQA) in seismie zones IV and V (as notified by the Government) 7.18.2 Certification of quality of construction.- Empanelled Quality Auditor on Record (QAR) shall give a certificate of quality control as per Performa given in Form- XVI Quality’ Inspection Program to be carried on the site shall be worked out by BQA in Consultation with the owner, builder and CMR. Note: Clause 7.1.7 and 7.1.8 shall not be applicable for Government buildings that are designed and constructed under the supervision of in-house architects /engineers.49 7.1.9Control of signage and outdoor display structures, cell phone towers and telephone Towers.- Following provisions shall apply for telecommunication infrastructure {a) Location: The Telecommunication Infrastructure shall be either placed on the building roof tops or on the ground or open space within the premises subject to other regulations; (b) Type of structure; (i), Steel fabricated tower or antennae on M.S. pole; (ii). Pre-fabricated shelters of fibre glass or P.V.C. on the building roof top /terrace for ‘equipment; {iii Masonry Structure/ Shelter on the ground for equipment; and (iv). D.G. set with sound proof cover to reduce the noise level. (c} Requirement: (i). Every applicant has to obtain/ procure the necessary permission from the ‘Standing Advisory Committee on Radio Frequency Allocation’ (SACFAjissued by Ministry of Telecommunications; {ii)-Every applicant will have to produce the structural safety and stability certificate for the tower as well as the building from the Structural Engineer on Record (SER) which shall be the liability of both owner and SER.; and (ii). Applicant has to produce / submit plans of structure to be erected (a). Projection: No Pager and/or Telephone Tower shall project beyond the existing building line of the building on which it is erected in any direction. ‘7.2Inspection.- The general requirement for inspection and certification of the development shall be as prescribed in Clause no.3.10.6 7.2.1 Maintenance of Buildings.- In case of building older than fifty years, it shall be the duty of the owner of a building, to get his building inspected by a Structural Engineer on Record (SER) within a year from the date of coming into force of these regulations. The Structural Inspection, Report (Form No. 16, of the MHA Expert Committee Report) shall be produced by the Owner to the Appropriate Authority. If any action, for ensuring the structural safety and stability of the building is. to be taken, as recommended by SER, it shall be completed within five years. For other buildings, the owner shall get his building inspected after the age of building has crossed forty years. The procedure shall be followed as per above regulation, 7.2.2Protective Measures in Natural Hazard Prone areas. In natural hazard, prone areas identified under the land use Zonal Regulations, structures buildings and installations which cannot be avoided, protective measures for such construction development should be properly safeguarded based on the suggestion given in the Report of the MHA Expert Committee - Volume I. 7.3Registration.- Registration of the required Professionals on Record (for drawings and supervision) has to be done as per the provisions of Appendix I and Appendix IA 7.4Appointment of Professionals on Record.- The owner/promoter shall appoint the required Professionals on Record (for drawings and supervision) as per Appendix IA for the building licence and construction of the respective building, 7.5 Alternative Materials, Methods of Design and Construction and Tests.- The provision of the Bye-Laws is not intended to prevent the use of any material or method of design or construction not specifically prescribed by the bye-law provided any such alternative has been approved. The building materials approved by B.LS. or any statutory body will form part of the approved building material and technology as part of the Be-Laws. ‘The Authority shall promote and encourage use of Pre-fabricated factory-made building components for medium to large scale projects that have significant impact. The use of ready mix concrete (RMC) shall also be encouraged for in-situ concrete constructions. Clause 11.2.6 may be referred for further aspects of Sustainability and incentivized promotion of alternative materials, methods in construction. CHAPTER 8 LAND USE ZONES.. In order to promote public health, safety and the general social welfare of the community, it is necessary to apply control and reasonable limitation on the development of land and buildings. This is to ensure that most appropriate, economical and healthy development of the Town/City takes place in accordance with the land use plan, and its continued maintenance over the years. For this purpose, the city is divided into number of use zones, such as residential, commercial, industrial, public and semi-public etc. Each zone has its own regulations, as the same set of regulations cannot be applied to the entire Town. Zonal Regulations protects50 residential areas from the harmful invasions of commercial and industrial uses and at the same time promotes the orderly development of industrial and commercial areas, by suitable regulations on spacing of buildings to provide adequate light, air, protection from fire, etc. It prevents overcrowding in buildings and on land to ensure adequate facilities and services Zonal Regulations are not retrospective. It does not prohibit the uses of land and buildings that are lawfully established prior to the coming into effect of the Zonal Regulations. If the uses are contrary to the newly proposed uses, they are termed non-conforming uses and are gradually eliminated over years without inflicting unreasonable hardship upon the property ‘The Zonal Regulations and its enforcement ensure proper land use and development and form an integral part of the Master Plan, It also ensures solutions to problems of development under local conditions. ‘The Master Plan along with the Zonal Regulations approved under sub section (3) of section 13 of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act,1961 approved by the Government, time to time shall be applicable. CHAPTER 9 9, PROVISIONS FOR DIFFERENTLY-ABLED, ELDERLY PERSONS AND CHILDREN 9.1 Applicability.- These regulations shall be applicable to all buildings and facilities used by the public such as educational, institutional, assembly, commercial, business, mercantile buildings and group housing constructed on plots having an area of more than2000Sq.m. It shall not apply to private residential buildings 9.2Guidelines and Provisions (2). Provisions in the following guidetines shall apply: (2). ‘Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment for Disabled and Elderly Persons’, (1998), Central Public Works Department, Gol (3. ‘Manual on Barrier Free Environment’, (2002), O/o the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Urban Development, Gol. (4). ‘National Building Code’, (2005), Bureau of Indian Standards, (5). ‘National Policy for Persons with Disabilities’, (2006), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Gol. (6). ‘Harmonized Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Built Environment for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons’, (Draft 2014), Ministry of urban Development, Gol. 9.3 Types of buildings to adopt barrier free guidelines as notified by the State Government 9.3.1Buildings to be designed for Ambulant Disabled People.- lligher Secondary School, Conference Hall, Dance Halls, Youth Centres, Youth Clubs, Sport Centres, Sport Pavilions, Boat Club Houses, Ice Rinks, Bowling Centres, Swimming Pools, Police Stations, Law Courts, Courts Houses, Sport Stadiums, Theatres, Concert Halls, Cinemas, Auditoria, Small Offices (the maximum, plinth area 1400 Sq.m) Snack Bars, Cafes and banqueting rooms (for capacity above 50 dinners) Note: 4. In sport stadiums provisions shall be made for non-ambulant spectators (small wheel chair) }. @ 1:1000 up to 10,000 spectators and @ 1:2000 for spectators above 10,000. . In Theatres, Concert Halls, Cinemas and Auditoria provisions shall be made for non-ambulant spectators (Smal! Wheel Chairs} @ 1/250 up to 1000 spectators and 1/500 for spectators above 1000. 9.3.2Buildings to be designed for Non-Ambulant Disabled People.- Schools for differently abled, Botanical Gardens, Religious Buildings, Elderly People Clubs, Village Halls, Day Centres, Junior Training Centres, Post Offices, Banks, Dispensaries, Railway Stations, Shops, Super Markets, and Departmental Stores. Note: Large wheel chair criteria shall be applicable on ground floors of the following building, post offices, banks, dispensaries, railway station, shops, supermarkets, and departmental stores, 9,3.3Buildings to be designed for Non-Ambulant People (using small wheel chairs).- Public lavatories in Tourist Spots, Clubs, Motels, Professional and Scientific Institution, Museum, ‘Art Galleries, Public Libraries, Laboratories, Universities, College for further Education, Teachers ‘Training Colleges, Technical College, Exhibition Halls, Dentist Surgeries, Administrative Department of the Hospitals, Service Stations, Car Parking Buildings, Airports Terminals, Bus Terminals, Factories Employing differently-abled for sedentary works, Large Offices, (with plinth area above 1400 Sq.mt.), Tax Offices, Passport Offices, Pension Offices, and Labour Offices, Cafes, Banqueting Rooms and Snack Bars (For capacity above 100dinners). 9.3.4Site development.- Level of the roads, access paths and parking areas shall be described in the plan along with specification of the materials.9.3.4.1 Access Path / Walk Way.- Access path from plot entry and surface parking to building entrance shall be minimum of 1800mm wide having even surface without any steps. Slope, if any, shall not have gradient greater than 5%. Selection of floor material shall be made suitably to attract or to guide visually impaired persons (limited to coloured floor material whose colour and brightness is conspicuously different from that of the surrounding floor material or the material that emits different sound to guide visually impaired persons; hereinafter referred ‘o as ‘guiding floor material’. Finishes shall have a non- slip surface with a texture traversable by a wheel chair. Kerbs wherever provided should blend to a common level. 9.3.4.2 Parking.- For parking of vehicles of different! provisions shall apply: (a) Surface parking for two car spaces shall be provided near entrance for the physically differently-abled persons with maximum travel distance of 30.0m from building entrance. (b) The width of parking bay shall be minimum 3.6 metre (c} The information stating that the space is reserved for wheel chair users shall be conspicuously displayed. ‘d) Guiding floor materials shall be provided or a device, which guides visually impaired persons with audible signals, or other devices, which serves the same purpose, shall be provided. abled people, the following 9.4Building requirements.- The specified facilities in buildings for differently abled persons shall be as follows: 9.4.1 Approach to plinth level Every building should have at least one entrance accessible to the differently able and shall be indicated by proper signage. This entrance shall be approached through ramp together with the stepped entry (1) Ramped Approach: Ramp shall be finished with non-slip material to enter the building Minimum width of ramp shall be 1800mm with maximum gradient 1:12 Length of ramp shall not exceed 9,0 metre having 800mm high hand rail on both sides extending 300mm beyond top and bottom of the ramp. Minimum gap from the adjacent wall to the hand rail shall be 50mm. (2) Stepped Approach: For stepped approach size of tread shall not be less than 300mm and maximum riser shall be 150mm. Provision of 800mm high hand rail on both sides of the stepped approach similar to the ramped approach, (3) Exit/Entrance Door: Minimum and clear opening of the entrance door shall be 900mm, and it shall not be provided with a step that obstructs the passage of a wheelchair user. ‘Threshold shall not be raised more than 12mm, (4) Entrance Landing: Entrance landing shall be provided adjacent to ramp with the minimum dimension 1800mmx2000mm The entrance landing that adjoins the toped of a slope shall be provided with floor materials to attract the attention of visually impaired person's (limited to coloured floor material whose colour and brightness is conspicuously different from that of the surrounding floor material or the material that emits different sound to guide visually impaired persons. Finishes shall have a non-slip surface with a texture traversable by a wheel chair. Kerbs wherever provided should blend to a common, level. 9.4.2 Corridor connecting the entrance/ exit for the differently abled.- The corridor connecting the entrance / exit for differently abled leading directly outdoors to a place where information concerning the overall use of the specified building can be provided to visually impaired persons either by a person or by signs, shall be provided as follows: (a) Guiding floor materials shall be provided or device that emits sound to guide visually impaired persons; (b) The minimum width shall be 1500mm; (c} In case there is a difference of level, slope ways shall be provided with a slope of 1:12; and (@) Handrails shall be provided for ramps/slope ways. 9.5 Stair-ways.- One of the stair-ways near the entrance / exit for the differently abled shall have the following provisions: (a) The minimum width shall be 1350mm; (b) Height of the riser shall not be more than 150 mm and width of the tread 300mm. The steps shall not have abrupt (square) nosing: (c) Maximum number of risers on a flight shall be limited to 12; and (d) Handrails shall be provided on both sides and shall extend 300 mm on the top and bottom of cach flight of steps.52 9.6Lifts.. Wherever lift is required as per bye-laws, provision of at least one lift shall be made for the wheel chair user with the following cage dimensions of lift recommended for passenger lift of 13 person's capacity of NBC 2016, BIS. Section 4.9.3 Table nol-Desirable Lift size Clear internal width 1100 mm. Clear internal depth 2000 mm Entrance door width 900 mm (a) A hand rail not less than 600mm long at 1000mm above floor level shall be fixed adjacent to the control panel; (b) The lift lobby shall be of an inside measurement of 1800 mm x 2000 mm or more: (c) The time of an automatically closing door should be minimum 5 seconds and the closing speed should not exceed 0.25 m/ sec: (q) The interior of the cage shall be provided with a device that audibly indicates the floor, the cage has reached indicates that the door of the cage of entrance/exit is either open or closed; and (e) Graphic /Braille signage, as per the Harmonized Guidelines, shall be provided in the lift lobby 9.7 Toilets.- One special W.C. in a set of toilets shall be provided for the use of differently able with essential provision of washbasin near the entrance for the differently abled. (a) The minimum size shall be 1500 mm x 1750 mi (b) Minimum clear opening of the door shall be 900mm and the door shall swing out; (c) Suitable arrangement of vertical/horizontal handrails with 50mm clearance from wall shall be made in the toilet; and (@) The W.C. seat shall be 500mm from the floor. 9.7.1Provision of WCs in buildings without lift.- Provision of special W.C. shall be made on all floors for buildings designed for ambulant disabled persons. For buildings designed for non- ambulant disabled special W.C. shall be provided at Ground Floor. Size of W.C, shall depend on the type of wheel chair used by the disabled. 9.7.2Provisions of WCs in buildings with lift.- Provision of Special W.C. shall be made on all floors. Size will depend on the category of disabled for whom it has been provided. 9.7.3Toilet Details: For Toilets Designed for Ambulant Disabled (1) The minimum size of W.C. shall be 1075mm x 1650mm with a minimum depth of 1450mm from entry door 900mm. (2) Long handrail on the side closer to W.C. with a clear width between the handrails shall be 900mm and height of handrails shall be 800mm from floor level, 3) Minimum size of the clear door opening shall be 780mm. 9.7.4For Toilets Designed for Non-Ambulant Disabled Small Wheel Chair.- The minimum, size of W.C. shall be 1350mm x 1500mm with a minimum depth of 1500 mm from entry door. 900mm long handrail on the side closer to W.C. shall be provided. To provide movement space for wheel chair, W.C. seat shall be fixed towards one side to the opposite adjacent wall. The centerline of W.C. from the adjacent wall shall be 400mm and minimum 950mm from the other wall Minimum size of the clear door opening shall be 780mm. 9.7.5For Toilets Designed for Non-Ambulant Disabled Using Large Wheel Chair. The minimum size of W.C. shall be 1500mm X 1750 mm with a minimum depth of 1750mm for entry door. 900mm long handrail on the side wall closer to W.C. shall be provided. To provide movement space for wheel chair, W.C. seat shall be fixed towards one side of the opposite wall. The centerline of the W.C. from the adjacent wall shall be 400mm and a minimum of 1100mm from the other wall. Min. size of clear door opening shall be 860mm. 9.8Designing for Children. In the buildings meant for the pre-dominant use of the children, it will be necessary to suitably alter the height of the handrail and other fittings and fixtures ete. Note: Guiding / Warning Floor Material: The floor material to guide or to warn the visually impaired persons with a change of colour or material texture and easily distinguishable from the rest of the surrounding floor materials. The material with different texture gives audible signals with sensory warning when a person moves on this surface with walking stick. The guiding/warning floor material is meant to give the directional effect or warn a person at critical places. It should be provided in the following areas: {a). The access path to the building and to the parking area. (b). The landing lobby towards the information board, reception, lifts, staircases and toilets {c), Immediately at the beginning/end of walkway where there is a vehicular traflic. (q). At the location abruptly changing in level or beginning/end of a ramp. (c). Immediately in front of an entrance/exit and the landing.9.9 Drinking Water.- Suitable provision of drinking water shall be made for the differently abled near the special toilet provided for them. 19.10 Refuge.- An alternative to immediate evacuation of a building via staircases and/ or lifts is the movement of disabled persons to areas of safety within a building. If possible, they could remain there until the fire is controlled and extinguished or until rescued by the fire fighters. {a) It is useful to have the provisions of a refuge area, usually at the fire protected stair landing on each floor that can safely hold one or two wheelchairs; [b) Hand Doorways with clear opening width of 900 mm and regular compliance; and [c) Have an alarm switch installed between 900 mm and 1200 mm from floor level. 9.11 Proper signage (1) Appropriate identification of specific facilities within a building for the differently abled persons should be done with proper signals; (2) Visually impaired persons make use of other senses such as hearing and touch to compensate for the lack of vision, whereas visual signals benefit those with hearing disabilities. Signs shall be designed and located so that they are easily legible by using suitable letter size (not less than 20mm high}: (3) For visually impaired persons, information board in brail should be installed on the wall at a suitable height and it should be possible to approach them closely; (4) To ensure safe walking, there should not be any protruding sign which creates obstruction in walking; (5) Public Address System may also be provided in busy public areas, (6) The symbols/information should be in contrasting colour and properly illuminated because people with limited vision may be able to differentiate amongst primary colours; and (7) International Symbol Mark for wheel chair be installed in a lift, toilet, staircase; parking areas, etc., that have been provided for the differently abled. 9.12 Public Building regulations.- In case of design regulations in Public buildings (excluding domestic buildings), provisions for differently abled shall be adopted as per Appendix XIV of the byelaws and according to the Annex ‘D’ of Part 3, NBC 2016. CHAPTER 10 10. RAIN WATER HARVESTING 10.1 Rainwater harvesting principle... The harvesting of rainwater simply involves the collection of water from surfaces on which rain falls, and subsequently storing this water for use. The rainwater collected can be stored for direct use or can be recharged into the underground aquifers. In scientific terms water harvesting (broadly) refers to collection and storage of rainwater from the rooftops. This also restricts evaporation and seepage into building foundations. All buildings having a plot size of 100 Sq.m or more, while submitting the building plans for sanction, shall mandatorily include the complete proposal of rainwater harvesting, A rainwater harvesting system consists of: (i) Roof catchment; (ii) Gutters; (it) Down pipes: liv) Rain water/ Storm water drains: (v) Filter chamber; (vi) Storage Tanks/ Pits/ Sumps; and (vil]Ground Water recharge structures like pit, trench, tube well or combination of above structure, Rainwater Harvesting is a way to capture the rain runoff, store that water above ground or charge the underground aquifers and use it later. This happens naturally in open rural areas. But in congested, over-paved metropolitan cities, there is a need to devise methods to capture the rain water, The rainwater that is incident on the surface/ roof top is guided to bore wells or pits or new/old/ abandoned wells through Small diameter pipes to recharge the underground water which can be used later whenever required. Rainwater can be harvested to the extent of 55,000 litres per 100Sq.m area per year from rooftops. 10.2 Rainwater harvesting techniques.- There are two main techniques of rain water harvestings. (a). Storage of rainwater on surface for future use; and (b). Recharge to ground water.54 10.3 Harvesting provisions in various Building categories.-All buildings in a city contribute to the rainwater runoff during the monsoon and hence such runoff can be harvested for water reuse/recharge. Rainwater harvesting in a building site includes storage or recharging into ground of rainwater falling on the terrace or on any paved or unpaved surface within the building site. ‘The following systems may be adopted for harvesting the rainwater drawn from terrace and the paved surface. (a) Open well of a minimum of 1.00m dia, and 6.00m in depth into which rainwater may be channelled and allowed after filtration for removing. silt and floating material. The well shall be provided with ventilating covers. The water from the open well may be used for non-potable domestic purposes such as washing, flushing and for watering the garden, ete. (b) Rainwater harvesting for recharge of ground water may be done through a bore well around which a pit of one metre width may be excavated up to a depth of at least 3.00m and refilled with stone aggregate and sand, The filter drain water may be channelled to the refilled pit for recharging the bore well. (c) An impervious storage tank of required capacity may be constructed in the setback or any other space and the rainwater may be channelled to the storage tank. The storage tank may be raised to a convenient height above the surface and shall always be provided with ventilating the surface and shall always be provided with ventilating covers and shall have draw off taps suitably place so that the rain water may be drawn off for domestic, washing, gardening and such other purposes. The storage tanks shall be provided with an overflow. (@) The surplus rainwater after storage may be recharged into ground through percolation pits, trenches, or combination of pits and trenches. Depending on the geomorphologic and topographical condition, the pits may be of the size of1.20m width x 1.20m length x 2.00m to 2.50m depth. The trenches can be or0.60 m width x 2.00m to 6.0m length x 1.50m to 2.00m depth. Terrace water shall be channelled to pits or trenches. Such pits or trenches shall be back filled with filter media comprising the following materials. ~ (i) 40mm stone agaresate as bottom layer up to 50% of the depth; (ii) 20mm stone ageregate as lower middle layer up to 20% of the depth; (ii) Course sand as upper middle layer up to 20% of the depth: liv) A thin layer of fine sand as top layer: {v} Top 10% of the pits / trenches will be empty and a splash is to be provided in this portion in such a way that roof top water falls on the splash pad: (vi) Brick masonry wall is to be constructed on the exposed surface of pits /trenches and the cement mortar plastered; (vii) The depth of wall below ground shall be such that the wall prevents lose soil entering into pits / trenches. The projection of the wall above ground shall at least be 15 cm; and (viii) Perforated concrete slabs shall be provided on the pits / trenches. (€) If the open space surrounding the building is not paved, the top layer up to a sufficient depth shail be removed land refilled with course sand to allow percolation of rainwater into ground. The terrace shall be connected to the open well / bore well / storage tank /recharge pit [trench by means of H.D.P.E. / P.V.C. pipes through filter media. A valve system shall be provided to enable the first washings from roof or terrace catchments, as they would contain undesirable dirt. ‘The mouths of all pipes and opening shall be covered with mosquito insect) proof wire net For the efficient discharge of rainwater, there shall be at least two rain water pipes of 100mm ia, for a roof area of 100Sq.1n Rainwater harvesting structures shall be sited as not to endanger the stability of building or earthwork. The structures shall be designed such that no dampness is caused in any part of the walls or foundation of the building or those of an adjacent building, 10.4 Rain Water Harvesting Provisions for Open spaces in cities. The open spaces/recreational land use generally constitute regional parks, district parks, playground and stadium, sports complex, monument zones, public parking, Plaza and other public open space. This may be as high as 30% to 50% of the city's geographic area, all such public open spaces above the size of 500Sq.m shall have arrangements for complete utilization and capture of storm water with scientific rain water harvesting arrangements, Following ideas may also be included: (). Well cum Channel cum Percolation pits; (i). Use of abandoned bore wells for recharging of ground water; and (ii). Artificial or natural Storage of storm water runoff from larger sites. 10.5 Ground Water Recharge.- Recharging of ground water shall be made mandatory not only for residential buildings but for all types of buildings, including Group Housing Societies having a plot area more than 500 Sq.m and above. The Ground Water Recharge shall also be mandatory for55 open spaces like parks, parking, plazas and playgrounds. The harvesting and recharge structures could be constructed by the Authority with the involvement of community based organizations like Resident Welfare Associations. 10.6 Enforcement and Monitoring (1). The Authority shall constitute a Rain water Harvesting Cell which will be responsible for enforcement and monitoring of the provisions of Rain water Harvesting. The cell shall employ qualified persons who are well versed with the interpretation of Building Bye Laws and responsible for enforcement as well as monitoring the functioning of the Rainwater Harvesting System. (2). The Authority shall include inspection of Rain water Harvesting Structures before issuing Completion Certificates or NOCs for service connections to the property. (3). Set an example in the city by ensuring that Rain water is harvested in the properties assets owned by them including public buildings, markets, centres, parking spaces, roads and parks ete. |4).The Authority shall also establish a mechanism to monitor 100% of RWH provisions in all the buildings above 1000Sq.m with annual physical verification, while buildings less than 10008q.m can be monitored on the basis of 10% random survey by competent authority (5). With regard to open public spaces viz., Parks, playgrounds etc. the implementation of provision rainwater harvesting may be done with the help of Residents Welfare Associations, Community Building Organization and Non- Governmental Organizations. (6). The Authority shall ensure earmarking budgetary provision for the creation and maintenance of rain water harvesting structures in public spaces owned and maintained by them. like parking spaces, parks, plazas etc. (7). The practice of incentives and penalties to promote rain water harvesting shall be shall be as notified by the government, considering the water level and scarcity CHAPTER 11 11. GREEN BUILDINGS AND SUSTAINABILITY PROVISIONS.- Modern buildings consume about 25 to 30 % of total energy, and up to 30 % of fresh potable water, and generate approximately 40 % of total waste. Sustainable buildings have demonstrated reduction in energy and water consumption to less than half of the present consumption in conventional buildings, and complete climination of the construction and operational waste through recycling, ‘Thus, all buildings on various plot sizes shall comply with the green norms and conform to the requirements mandatory for sanction as mentioned in this chapter. ‘These provisions are not specific to any rating system and are not intended to provide single ‘metric indication of overall building performance. These provisions allow the practitioners to easily exercise their engineering judgment in holistically and objectively applying the underlying principles of sustainability to a development or building facility, considering its functionality and required comfort level, 11.1 Provision for Applicability. The green building provisions are categorised as Mandatory provisions and Optional provisions. tetowe, He MAdatOry provisions shall be applicable to new buildinge and existing buildings as (a) New Buildings ~ The provisions of this Chapter and elsewhere in these Byelaws shall be applicable. (b) Existing Buildings (i) Buildings for which condition for making green building provisions, in the building licence or in the NOC / Clearance given by MOEF / KSPCB were imposed- All such provisions imposed shall be made within 6 months from the date of coming into force of these Bye-laws. The optional provisions are additional provisions over and above the mandatory provisions to achieve better green rating for the buildings, both existing and net In case owners of properties desire to procure green building ratings from one or more rating bodies, they may suitably incorporate the additional provisions as notified by the Government for the additional incentives offered therein. The green building mandatory provisions for new buildings on various plot sizes and construction areas are indicated in the table 11.156 ‘Table 11.1 Provisions and applicability for various plot sizes (Residential and Non-Residential) Plot ‘Applicable plot | Applicable | Provisions for Residential | Provisions for Non- Category | area (Sq.m) | construction | Residential area (Sq.m) _| 7 Upio 100, Any extent | 4a wal 1 ‘Above 100 upto | Above 100 Tal. 4) Tia}, 4a) 0 Ti 19 500, TOI tw 250. Ta. 3a Tar 4a 251 to 500 ia), Tib), alae Hal 41a) ‘Above 500 Val, 1b}2(a) 4a) Ta) 1(b) 318), 41a) T BOT te 1000 | 101 to 250 Tal. 4a) Tal. Ala) | 251-10 500, Hal 1(b), Taal ata Ta} 14) 2a), 41a 501 to 1000 | Tal, 1(b), 1d), Ala) Hal, Hb), idl, 218), 8) ‘Above 1000] Hal, 1B), Tid, 2a) 31a), | Ua}. 1(b1.1a), — 21a),3ta), Bie) 41a) 3c), 4a) Wi “Above 1000 | 101 t0 350, a ial a) sla) 251 t0 500 Ta), 1b), 1), 2a) Sa) | Ha) eh, Dia), Sa | ‘501-10 1000 | lal, 1b), 1), 218), a) | 1a), Ua), 24a), Aa) TOOT to 2000] Hal, 1b), Tid, 2tal.5al | Ua.) ah, 34e), fal $b), 4c) 2fa} alah 3te)-Aa), 410), Eta} DOOT tw 5000 | Tah, 1b), Tye, Bal, 2Ab) | Mal AQ), Ley, Bad2 Bfah, 30} 1, 1}, 40) | Sl, Sha), Kc) ‘Above 5000] Ta), Tb), We Tay, Bal | Val TO), Tea 2¢b), Blap.3tb), 3iel.4ta), | Ndl,2ta,20b), 4001-0) 34a), 31b) 31,4), 40)41e “Note: (1)provisions marked (a), 2(b) etc. are as per Clause 11.2 (2) Area mentioned above is the total construction area including the car parking area in the building. (3) In case the service provider has any additional conditions, the same shall be complied with respect to STP. The schemes/ projects formulated on the basis of provisions given in Master plan/ Zonal Regulations ill require approval as indicated: EIA/ BCC (as per MoEF), NBC (latest), ECBC 2007 or latest, BEE Star rating/ LEED / IGEC/ GRIHA of TERI Certification} EIA- Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report, ECC- Environmental Clearance Certificate, MoEFCC - Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. NBC - National Building Code, ECBC - Energy Conservation Building Code, BEE - Bureau of Energy Efficiency, LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environment Design, IGBC -indian Green Building Council, GRIHA - Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment, TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute. ‘The prevailing provisions of the above shall be applicable. However, if there are any modifications in the same, the modified provisions shall become automatically applicable 11.2 Provisions for Sanction of new buildings 1. Water Conservation and Management (a) Rain Water Harvesting (as detailed in Chapter 10 and as notified by the Government); {b) Low Water Consumption Plumbing Fixtures (as notified by the Government); (c} Waste Water Recycle and Reuse (as notified by the Government); and (a) Reduction of Hardscape (detailed at Clause 11.2.1) 2. Solar Energy Utilization (a) Installation of Solar Assisted Water Heating Systems (detailed at Clause 11.2.4) {b) Installation of Solar Photovoltaic Panels (detailed at Clause 11.2.3) 3. Energy Efficiency (Concept of passive solar design of buildings fa) Low Energy Consumption Electrical Fixtures (Electrical Appliances - BEE Star and Energy Efficient Appliances) (as notified by the Government} (b) Energy Efficiency in HVAC systems. (as notified by the Government); and (cj Lighting of Common areas by LED devices. (as notified by the Government} and37 4, Waste Management (a) Segregation of Waste (as notified by the Government); (b) Organic Waste Management (as notified by the Government); and {c] Construction and demolition waste management (as notified by the Government) 11.2.1 Provision for Site level greening.- In alignment with National Sustainable Habitat Mission, the Authority shall encourage augmentation of green cover in the plot, by following: ‘The Urban Greening Guidelines, 2014 and other provisions as given below - {a) Provision of minimum 1 tree / every 80S.qm of plot area for plot sizes >100 Sq.m and planted within the setback of the plot; {b) Compensatory Plantation for felled /transplanted tress in the ratio 1:3 within the premises under consideration; {(c} Choice of species for plantation in site and abutting the road to be adopted as per Section 8 of the Urban Green Guidelines, 2014; and (@) The unpaved area shall be more than or equal to 20% of the open spaces provided. 11.2.2 Water Re-use and Recycling.- The recycled water should be used for flushing, HVAC, cleaning of non-living areas and horticultural purposes. 11.2.8 Roof Top Solar Energy Installations. Roof top photovoltaic power station, or rooftop PV system, is a photovoltaic system that has its electricity-generating solar panels mounted (on the rooftop of residential or commercial buildings. The various components of such a system include photovoltaic modules, mounting systems, cables, solar inverters and other electrical accessories, Rooftop PV systems are faster than other types of renewable power plants. They're clean, quiet, and visually unobtrusive. ‘The norms for Roof Top Solar PV Installation and Generation for residential and non- residential buildings as per the area standards mentioned in Table 11,1 shall be as follows and in compliance with the requirements as notified by the Government. Minimum 5% of the consumed electrical load (excluding the electrical load required for hot water generation, if applicable) or 7.75 W/Sft (derived @ 12Sqm per 1 KWP as suggested by the Ministry of New and Renewable energy) for ‘available roof space’, whichever is less. ‘The estimated consumed power load (at the time of applying for building sanction), to derive the required Roof Top Solar PV Installation, may be calculated as notified by the government, provided that the Owner / Promoter submits an affidavit / undertaking that if the actual consumed load during operation is more than the estimated power load, the owner / promoter shall provide the required additional roof top Solar PV installation as mentioned above. The promoter shall be responsible for the initial five years of operation and the owner/s shall be responsible for the remaining period of operation of the building Note: ‘Available roof space’ = 70% of total area of roof / terrace, considering 30% area reserved for residents’ amenities, If solar heating panels are erected on the roof, the same shall be part of the Available roof space and the balance area (after deducting the area covered by solar water heating panels) shall only be considered for Solar PV panels. 11.2.4 Installation of Solar Assisted Water Heating System in Building.- No new building in the categories mentioned in Table 11.1 in which there is a system of installation for supplying hot water shall be built unless the system of the installation is having an auxiliary solar assisted water heating system, Wherever hot water requirement is continuous, auxiliary heating arrangement either with electric elements or oil of adequate capacity can be provided, Clearance of plan for the construction of new buildings of the aforesaid categories shall only be given if they have a provision in the building design itself for an insulated pipeline from the rooftop in the building to various distribution points where hot water is required. The building must have a provision for continuous water supply to the solar water heating system. The building should also have open space on the rooftop, which receives direct sunlight. The load bearing capacity of the roof should at least be 50 kg/Sq. All new buildings of above said categories must complete installation of solar water heating systems before obtaining necessary licence to commence their business. ‘The capacity and specifications of the Solar Assisted Water Heating Systems shall be as notified by the Government. Energy efficient alternate heating systems involving heat pumps etc. or normal electric geysers may also be permitted for hot water generation, provided that additional Solar PV Installation is done in the building for the additional power consumed for operating such energy efficient hot water generating system / electric geysers, over and above the Solar PV installation required to be provided as per clause 11.2.3. If the available roof space is not sufficient to provide the additional Roof top solar PV installation equivalent to the additional power consumed for hot58 water generation, the shortfall shall be substituted through solar PV installations elsewhere in the plot or through ‘Off site solar power generation’, Note: ‘Off site solar power generation’ means the solar power generated outside the plot by the owner / promoter or purchase of Solar power from third party Solar power generators through a power purchase agreement made between such agency and the owner / promoter to purchase solar power equivalent to the shortfall of solar power generation within the plot (required for the additional electric power consumed for hot water generation). 11.2.5 Sustainable Solid Waste Management. Zero Waste is a concept of waste management and planning approaches that emphasize waste prevention as opposed to end waste management. This means restructuring production and distribution systems, designing and managing products and processes to systematically follow the 3R rule of Reduce, Re-use and Re- cycle the volume of waste, to conserve and recover all used resources, and therefore eliminating, all discharges to landfills, and prevent air, water and land pollution. Zero Waste/ land- fill can be achieved by adopting systematic approach of segregation at source by planning, by collection facilitation and most importantly by creating public awareness, The green waste can be converted into fuel cakes, kitchen waste into manure, construction and demolition waste into bricks, plastic waste into oil, paper, glass and steel back into the same and all residual inert materials can also be converted into bricks. The process to be adopted by the Authority and the Owner / Promoter of the buildings categorised in Table 11.1 for Solid waste management shall be as notified by the Government. 11.2.6 Sustainability of Building Materials.- Sustainability of natural resources. for building materials shall be ensured through conservation of available natural resources and use of supplementary materials such as industrial/agricultural by-products, renewable resources, factory- made building components and recycled construction and demolition waste. Supplementary building materials (derived or processed waste) shall be suitably used in combination with conventional resources offers dual advantages in purview of health and environmental benefits. Use of Factory made pre-fab/pre-cast and recycled components with Green benefits: (a) Panels, hollow slabs, hollow blocks-etc. - conservation of materials, less water requirement; (b) Fly Ash bricks, Portland Pozzolana cement, Fly ash concrete, phosphor gypsum based walling and roofing panels, particle wood — recycled use of industrial/agricultural by- products. (o) Fly ash/ AAC (Autoclaved aerated light weight concrete) panels/ CLC (Cellular light weight concrete) panels- ensures thermal comfort (significant reduction in air conditioning requirement); and (a) Use of bamboo and rapidly growing plantation timbers- environmental benefits. Local materials are generally suitable for prevailing geo-climatic conditions and have advantage of low transportation cost and time. Sustainable use of building materials shall be encouraged which may combine certain mandatory provisions and incentives. The above provision is not included in the mandatory provisions but to avail additional incentives the above provision may be adopted. 11.2.7 Sustainable Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Management.- The process to be adopted by the ULBs and the owner / promoter of the buildings for C&D waste management shall be as notified by the Government. 11.3. Various Guidelines for Green Rating System. The Government shall notify separate Green Rating systems for buildings by selectively combining/adopting/amending the provisions between the following guidelines: (1). IGBC guidelines by the Confederation of Indian Industries. (2). GRIHA guidelines by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Gol. In pursuance of the National Sustainable Habitat Mission on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, the Authority shall encourage the provisions of the following Energy efficiency guidelines by certain ‘mandatory provisions and incentives~ (3). ECBC guidelines prepared by Bureau of Eneray Efficiency, Ministry of Power Gol (4). Model Energy Efficiency guidelines. (NSMH Sub report by Bureau of Energy Efficiency) CHAPTER 12 12, FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS 12.1 Scope.-This part covers the requirements of the fire protection for the multi-storeyed buildings (high rise buildings) and the buildings, which are of 15m and above in height and low occupancies of categories such as Assembly, Institutional, Educational (more than two storeyed and built-up area exceeds 10008q.m), Business (where plot area exceeds 500Sq.m), Mercantile (where aggregate covered area exceeds 750Sq.m), Hotel, Hospital, Nursing Homes, Underground Complexes, Industrial Storage, Meeting/Banquet Halls, Hazardous Occupancies.59 12.2 Procedure for obtaining NOC and Clearance Certificate from DFES.- The procedure of obtaining NOC from Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) is detailed in clause no, 3.10.5 and the procedure of obtaining Clearance Certificate is detailed in Clause no. 3.17 12.3 Renewal of fire clearance. On the basis of undertaking given by the Applicant and the professional on record, the Chief Fire Officer shall renew the fire clearance in respect of all High- Rise buildings on annual Basis 12.4 Fee.- For augmentation of fire service facilities for effecting rescue/fire fighting operation in high rise building, fee payable to Chief Fire Officer by the applicant(s) along with sets of plans for obtaining the No Objection Certificate shall be as notified by the Government. 12.5 Responsibility of providing Fire Protection and Fire Fighting Measures. The engaged Competent Professional on record for preparation of plans for NOC and the professional on record for supervising the works (as per Appendix-l) of the project shall be responsible for making provisions for fire protection and fire fighting measure as provided in this Chapter. 12.6 Terminology.- For the purpose of this Chapter all the technical terms shall have the meaning as defined in National Building Code of India, Part-IV, Fire Protection as amended from time to time but for the terms which are defined otherwise in these bye-Laws. 12.7 General .- The DFES may insist on suitable provisions in the buildings from fire safety and means of escape point of view depending on the occupancy, height or on account of new developments creating special fire hazard, in addition to the provision of these building bye laws and part IV (Fire Protection) of National Building Code of India, which are not contradicting to the provision of the Zonal Regulations. 12.7.1 Fire Resistance of Types of Constructions / Building Components.- The fire resistance ratings for various types of construction for structural and non-structural members shall be as given in Table 1 of Part-4 of the NEC, 2005.Building clements/components such as walls, columns, beams and floors shall have the requisite fire resistance rating in accordance with the accepted standards as specified in Part-4 of the NBC 2016. 12.7.2 Means of Access .- As provided in Zonal Regulations. 12.7.3 Provisions of Exterior Open Spaces around the building.- As provided in Zonal Regulations SNNY2.7.4 Exit Requirement As provided in Section 4.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 As provided in Section 4.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 ‘Type of Exits: As provided in Section 4.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 Number of Size of Exits: As provided in Section 4.4.2.1 of Part 4, NBC 2016. Arrangements of Exits: As provided in Section4.4.2.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 Occupant Load: As provided in Section 4.3 of Part 4, NBC 2016. Capacity of Exit: As provided in Section4.4.2.3 of Part 4, NBC 2016 Staircase Requirements: As provided in Section 4.4.2.4.3 of Part 4, NBC 2016, Minimum Width Provision for Stairways: As provided in Section 4.4.2.4.3.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 Minimum Width Provision for Passageway/Corridors: As provided Part 4, NBC 2016 Doorways: As provided in Section 4.4.2.4.1of Part 4, NBC 2016 Stairways: As provided in Section 4.4.2.4.3.2 of Part 4, NBC 2016 12.8 Fire Escapes or External Stairs: (1) Fire escape including Occupant load and Travel distance shall not be taken into account while calculating the number of staircases for a building. (2) All fire escapes shall be directly connected to the ground. (3) Entrance to the fire escape shall be separate and remote from internal staircase. (4) The route to fire escape shall be free of obstructions at all times except the doorway eading to the fire escape which shall have the required fire resistance. (5) Fire escape shall be constructed of non-combustible materials. (6) Fire escape stairs shall have straight flight not less than 12Sem wide with 25cm treads and risers not more than 19cm. (7) Handrails shall be at a height not less than 100cm, (8) Fire escape staircase in the mercantile, business, assembly, hotel buildings above 24m height shall be a fire tower and in such a case width of the same shall not be less than the width of the main staircase, No combustible material shall be allowed in the fire tower. 12.8.1 Spiral Stairs (1) ‘The use of spiral staircase shall be limited to low occupant load and to building height of 9m.; and n Section 4.4.2.4.2 of60 (2) A spiral stair shall not be less than 150cm in diameter and shall be designed to give the adequate headroom, 12.8.2 Stairease Enclosures (1) The external enclosing walls of the staircase shall be of the brick or the R.C.C. Construction having fire resistance of not less than two hours. All enclosed staircases shall have access through self-closing door of one-hour fire resistance. These shall be single swing doors ‘opening in the direction of the escape. The door shall be fitted with the check action door closers; (2) The staircase enclosures on the external wall of the building shall be ventilated to the atmosphere at each landing; (3) Permanent vent at the top equal to the 5% of the cross-sectional area of the enclosure and openable sashes at each floor level with area equal to 1 to 15% of the cross-sectional area of the enclosure on external shall be provided. The roof of the shaft shall be at least Im above the surrounding roof. There shall be no glazing or the glass bricks in any internal closing wall of staircase. If the staircase is in the core of the building and cannot be ventilated at each landing, a positive of S-mm e.g. by electrically operated blower /blowers shall be maintained.; and (4)The mechanism for pressurizing the staircase shaft shall be so installed that the same shall operate automatically on fire alarm system/sprinkler system and be provided with manual operation facilities. 12.8.3 Ramps (1) Ramps of slope of not more than 1 in 8 may be substituted for and shall comply with all the applicable requirements of all required stairways as to enclosure capacity and limiting dimensions. Larger slopes shall be provided for special uses but in no case greater than 1 in 8. For alll slopes exceeding 1 in 10and where the use is such as to involve danger of slipping, the ramp shall be surfaced with approved non-slipping material; (2) The minimum width of the ramps in the Hospitals shall be 2.4m and in the basement using car parking shall be 6.0m or as specified in the Zonal Regulations.; (3) Handrails shall be provided on both sides of the ramp; (4) Ramp shall lead directly to outside open space at ground level or courtyards of safe place; (5) For building above 24.0m in height, access to ramps from any floor of the building shall be through smoke fire check door. (6) In case of nursing homes, hospitals etc. area exceeding 300Sq.m at each floor one of the exit facility shall be a ramp of not less than 2.4 m in width, 12.9 Provision of lifts (1) Provision of the lifts shall be made for all multi-storeyed building having a height of 15.0 m and above; (2) All the floors shall be accessible for 24 hours by the lift. The lift provided in the buildings shall not be considered as a means of escape in case of emergency; (3) Grounding switch at ground floor level to enable the fire service to ground the fire man lift car in case of emergency shall also be provided; and (4) The lift machine room shall be separate and no other machinery be installed in it. (5) ‘The Kamataka Lifts Escalators and Passenger Conveyors Act, 2012 shall also be complied with, 12.9.1 Lift Enclosure / Lift.- General requirements shall be as follows (a) Walls of lift enclosures shall have a fire rating of two hours. Lift shafts shall have a vent at the top of area not less than 0.2Sq.m (b) Lift motor room shall be located preferably on top of the shaft and separated from the shaft by the floor of the room (not applicable for machine room less lifts); (c) Landing door in lift enclosures shall have a fire resistance of not less than one hour; (@) The number of lifts in one lift bank shall not exceed four. A wall of two hours fire rating shall separate individual shafts in a bank; (e} Lift car door shall have a fire resistance rating of 1 hour; (9 For buildings 15.0m and above in height, collapsible gates shall not be permitted for lifts and solid doors with fire resistance of at least one hour shalll be provided. (g) If the lift shaft and lobby is in the core of the building a positive pressure between 25 and 30 pa shall be maintained in the lobby and a possible pressure of 50 pa shall be ‘maintained in the lift shaft. The mechanism for the pressurization shall act automatically with the fire alarm/sprinkler system and it shall be possible to operate this mechanically also; (h) Exit from the lift lobby, if located in the core of the building, shall be through a self-closing fire smoke check door of one-hour fire resistance; () Lift shall not normally communicate with the basement. If, however, lifts are in communication, the lift lobby of the basement shall be pressurized as in (g) with self- closing door as in (h);61 () Grounding switch (es), at ground floor level shall be provided to enable the fire service to ground the lifts: (k) Telephone/talk back communication facilities may be provided in lift cars for communication system and lifts shall be connected to the fire control room of the building: () Suitable arrangements such as providing slope in the floor of the lift lobby shall be made to prevent water used during fire fighting, etc. at any landing from entering the lift shafts; (m) A sign shall be posted and maintained on every floor at or near the lift indicating that in case of fire, occupants shall use the stairs unless instructed otherwise. The sign shall also contain a plan for each floor showing the location of the stairways. Floor marking shall be done at each floor on the wall in front of the lift-landing door; and (n) Alternate power supply shall be provided in all the lifts. 12.9.2 Fire Lift.- Following details shall apply for a fire lift in addition to above requirements: (a) To enable fire service personnel to reach the upper floors with the minimum delay, one or more of the lifts shall be so designed so as to be available for the exclusive use of the fireman in an emergency and be directly accessible to every dwelling/lettable floor space on each floor; ‘The lift shall have a floor area of not less than 1.4Sq.m It shall have a loading capacity of not less than $45kg. (8 persons lift) with automatic closing doors. (c} The electric supply shall be on a separate service from electric supply mains in a building and the cables run in a route safe from fire that is within a lift shaft. Lights and fans in the elevator having wooden panelling or sheet steel construction shall be operated on 24-volt supply; In case of failure of normal electric supply, it shall automatically switch over to the alternate supply. For apartment houses, this changeover of supply could be done through manually operated changeover switch. Alternatively, the lift should be so wired that in case of power failure, it comes down at the ground level and comes to stand still with door open; (e} The operation of a fire lift shall by a single toggle of two-button switch situated in a glass- fronted box adjacent to the lift at the entrance level. When the switches on landing; call points will become inoperative and the lift will be on car control only or on a priority control device. When the switch is off, the lift will return to normal working. This lift can be used by the occupants in normal times; ( The words ‘FIRE LIFT’ shall be conspicuously displaved in fluorescent paint on the lift landing doors at each floor level; and |g} The speed of the fire lift shall be such that it can reach to the top floor from ground level within one minute. 12.10 Basement. As provided in Clause 5.1.9 and 6.4.5 of these Building Bye-Laws. 12.10.1 Requirements (1) The access to the basement shall be cither from the main or alternate staircase providing access and exit from higher floors. Where the staircase is continuing, the same shall be enclosed type serving as a fire separation from the basement floor and higher floors. Open ramps shall be permitted if they are constructed within the building line subject to the provision of the (4 (2) In case of basement for office, sufficient number of exit ways and access ways shall be provided with a travel distance not more than 15.0m The travel distance in case of dead-end shall be 7.5m, o @ (3) The basement shall be partitioned and in no case compartment shall be more than 500Sq.m and less than 50Sq.m area except parking. Each compartment shall have ventilation standards as laid down in Bye-Laws separately and independently. The partition shall be made in consultation with Chief Fire Officer. (4) The first basement (fully below ground level) can be used or services/parking/other permissible services. Lower basements, if provided, shall exclusively be used for the uses permitted in the Zonal Regulations only. (5)Each basement shall be separately ventilated. Vents with cross-sectional area (aggregate) not less than 2.5 percent of the floor area spread evenly round the perimeter of the basement shall be provided in the form of grills or breakable starboard lights or pavement lights or by way of shafts. Alternatively, a system of air inlets shall be provided at basement floor level and smoke outlets at basement ceiling level. Inlets and extracts may be terminated at ground level with starboard or pavement lights as before. But ducts to convey fresh air to the basement floor level have to be laid. Starboard and pavement lights shall be in positions easily accessible to the firemen and clearly marked ‘SMOKE OUTLET or ‘AIR INLET’ with an indication of area served at or near the opening. (6) The staircase of basement shall be of enclosed type having fire resistance of not less than two hours and shall be situated at the periphery of the basement to be entered at ground level only